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Extracting Thin Film Structures of Energy Materials Using Transformers

by Chen Zhang, Valerie Niemann, Peter Benedek, Thomas Jaramillo, Mathieu Doucet
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Journal
Journal Name
ACS Physical Chemistry Au
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Page Numbers
1 to 11
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N/A

Neutron-Transformer Reflectometry Advanced Computation Engine (N-TRACE), a neural network model using a transformer architecture, is introduced for neutron reflectometry data analysis. It offers fast, accurate initial parameter estimations and efficient refinements, improving efficiency and precision for real-time data analysis of lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction for electrochemical ammonia synthesis, with relevance to other chemical transformations and batteries. Despite limitations in generalizing across systems, it shows promises for the use of transformers as the basis for models that could accelerate traditional approaches to modeling reflectometry data.