Datasets:
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
- en
pretty_name: OER High-Entropy CoOOH Catalyst Dataset
tags:
- chemistry
- materials-science
- catalysis
- oxygen-evolution-reaction
- high-entropy-materials
- dft
- machine-learning-interatomic-potential
- equiformerv2
- graph-neural-network
task_categories:
- graph-ml
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
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OER High-Entropy CoOOH Catalyst Dataset
A high-quality, DFT-computed dataset of high-entropy CoOOH surface structures for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), together with the fine-tuned EquiformerV2 model checkpoints used in the paper:
Decoding active sites in high-entropy catalysts via attention-enhanced model Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aea1170
This repository backs a data-driven workflow — machine-learning prediction → active-site identification → mechanistic analysis → automated synthesis validation — for discovering high-entropy electrocatalysts. The model is an equivariant graph neural network (EquiformerV2) augmented with a Post-Attention Adapter (Post-Att Adapter) and a multi-target transfer-learning strategy that jointly predicts two key descriptors:
- OER overpotential (η, V)
- Doping formation energy (E_form, eV)
Dataset Summary
- 4,822 DFT-computed high-entropy CoOOH structures (transition metals randomly occupying Co sites), each associated with OER and/or doping descriptors.
- Stored in LMDB format compatible with the fairchem / Open Catalyst Project (OCP) data pipeline used by EquiformerV2 (atomic graphs with positions, atomic numbers, cell, and targets).
- Two prediction targets in two separate databases (
overpotential.lmdb,doping_energy.lmdb). - 10 fine-tuned EquiformerV2 checkpoints: a 5-fold cross-validation ensemble (folds
0–4) for each of the two tasks (overanddoping).
⚠️ Gated dataset. Access requires accepting the contact-information / usage agreement on the Hugging Face page.
Repository Structure
yinliang22/oer_dataset/
├── oer_data/
│ ├── overpotential.lmdb # OER overpotential dataset (LMDB; ~10 GB map size)
│ ├── overpotential.lmdb-lock
│ ├── doping_energy.lmdb # Doping formation-energy dataset (LMDB; ~1 GB map size)
│ └── doping_energy.lmdb-lock
├── equiformerV2-0-0-over.pt # OER overpotential head — CV fold 0 (~469 MB)
├── equiformerV2-0-1-over.pt # OER overpotential head — CV fold 1
├── equiformerV2-0-2-over.pt # OER overpotential head — CV fold 2
├── equiformerV2-0-3-over.pt # OER overpotential head — CV fold 3
├── equiformerV2-0-4-over.pt # OER overpotential head — CV fold 4
├── equiformerV2-0-0-doping.pt # Doping formation-energy head — CV fold 0 (~469 MB)
├── equiformerV2-0-1-doping.pt # Doping formation-energy head — CV fold 1
├── equiformerV2-0-2-doping.pt # Doping formation-energy head — CV fold 2
├── equiformerV2-0-3-doping.pt # Doping formation-energy head — CV fold 3
└── equiformerV2-0-4-doping.pt # Doping formation-energy head — CV fold 4
Total size ≈ 16.7 GB. The .lmdb file sizes reflect the allocated LMDB map size, not
necessarily the on-disk data volume. The *.lmdb-lock files are LMDB lock files.
Data Fields
Each LMDB entry is a serialized atomic-graph object (PyTorch-Geometric Data, OCP/fairchem style)
with, at minimum:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
pos |
Cartesian atomic coordinates (Å) |
atomic_numbers |
Atomic numbers / species of each atom |
cell |
Periodic unit-cell lattice vectors |
natoms |
Number of atoms in the structure |
y (target) |
overpotential (V) in overpotential.lmdb; doping_energy (eV) in doping_energy.lmdb |
The two databases use the same structural representation but carry different regression labels. Field names follow the fairchem/OCP convention; load and inspect a sample to confirm exact keys for your fairchem version.
Prediction (Screening) Dataset — Baidu Netdisk
The 17,500 candidate structures used for high-throughput virtual screening (from which the 8 high-activity, structurally stable systems — including the top performer TiFeNiZn-CoOOH — were selected) are distributed separately due to size:
- File:
predict_dataset.zip - Baidu Netdisk: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1EA_nXZGOLLEU6_9WN9yW-A?pwd=btg4
- Extraction code (提取码):
btg4
Usage
Download
from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
# Requires accepting the gated-access agreement and `huggingface-cli login`
local_dir = snapshot_download(
repo_id="yinliang22/oer_dataset",
repo_type="dataset",
local_dir="oer_dataset",
)
Read an LMDB database
import lmdb, pickle
env = lmdb.open(
"oer_dataset/oer_data/overpotential.lmdb",
subdir=False, readonly=True, lock=False, readahead=False, meminit=False,
)
with env.begin() as txn:
n = pickle.loads(txn.get(b"length")) # number of entries (key convention may vary)
sample = pickle.loads(txn.get(f"{0}".encode())) # a PyG Data object
print(n, sample)
In practice these LMDBs are intended to be consumed through fairchem's
LmdbDataset(the EquiformerV2 data loader). Point the loader'ssrcat the.lmdbfile.
Load a fine-tuned checkpoint
import torch
ckpt = torch.load("oer_dataset/equiformerV2-0-0-over.pt", map_location="cpu")
# Use within the fairchem/EquiformerV2 trainer config with the Post-Att Adapter enabled.
For ensemble predictions, average the outputs of the five folds (0–4) of the relevant head.
Dataset Creation
- System: high-entropy CoOOH, a representative OER catalyst, with multiple transition metals randomly substituting Co sites — yielding a vast space of local coordination environments.
- Labels: computed by DFT — OER overpotential (via the adsorption free energies of the
*OH,*O,*OOHintermediates along the conventional 4-electron OER pathway) and doping formation energy (thermodynamic stability of substitution). - Scale: 4,822 structures form the training/validation set; the model was then applied to 17,500 candidates for screening, and feature-importance/statistics were extended to a prediction space of >5 million structures, revealing that Zn has the highest active-site occupation probability and that the [CoNiZn] coordination consistently yields the lowest overpotential.
Experimental Validation (context)
The screened TiFeNiZn-CoOOH was synthesized and characterized end-to-end by an automated laboratory. In 1 M KOH it reaches an OER overpotential of 263 mV at 100 mA cm⁻² (≈93 mV lower than undoped CoOOH), 338 mV at 1000 mA cm⁻², a Tafel slope of 39.2 mV dec⁻¹, and retains 97.5 % of its performance after 120 h of continuous operation at 100 mA cm⁻².
Considerations & Limitations
- Targets are DFT-derived approximations of catalytic activity/stability, not direct experimental measurements; absolute values carry the usual DFT/functional uncertainties.
- The dataset focuses on the CoOOH OER chemistry; transferability to other host lattices or reactions is not guaranteed.
- Field names and key conventions inside the LMDBs follow the fairchem/OCP pipeline of the time of release; verify against your fairchem version before training.
License
Released under CC-BY-4.0. You are free to share and adapt the material with appropriate credit. Please cite the paper below.
Citation
@article{yin2026decoding,
title = {Decoding active sites in high-entropy catalysts via attention-enhanced model},
author = {Yin, Liang and Ma, Tiantian and Zhu, Zibo and Ran, Nian and Zhou, Wei and Liu, Jianjun},
journal = {Science Advances},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aea1170},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science}
}
Authors & Contact
- Co-first authors: Liang Yin (SICCAS), Tiantian Ma (Beihang University), Zibo Zhu (SICCAS)
- Co-corresponding authors: Nian Ran, Wei Zhou (Beihang University), Jianjun Liu (SICCAS)
- Affiliations: Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS); Beihang University
- AI experiments, simulation, and model training were carried out on the SICCAS MatMind platform; materials synthesis and characterization on the SICCAS DreamLab automated laboratory.
For questions about the dataset, open a discussion on the Hugging Face repository.