Physics-Based Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning Combined with Genetic Algorithm Search for Multi-Criteria Optimization: Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction

Authors

Naohiro Fujinuma
Samuel Lofland, Rowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Version Deposited

Published Version

Publication Date

5-1-2023

Publication Title

Advanced Intelligent Systems

DOI

10.1002/aisy.202200290

Abstract

Machine learning (ML) can be a powerful tool to expedite materials research, but the deployment for experimental research is often hindered by data scarcity and model uncertainty. An human-in-the-loop procedure to tailor the implementation of ML for multicriteria optimization is described. The effectiveness of this procedure in the development of a nafion-based membrane electrode assembly for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) into CO for two targets is demonstrated: energy efficiency (EE) and partial current density for CO2RR (). Model-agnostic nonlinear correlation analyses identify the 11 features relevant to those targets. The three studied decision tree-based ML models yield similar cross-validation errors so an ad hoc feature analysis of the models is done with SHapley Additive exPlanations and nonlinear correlation techniques. The predicted EE- space and the functional dependency of the predictions are investigated to assess model plausibility. A genetic algorithm with CO production cost as the final target with subsequent validation experiments of candidate conditions is devised. The model chosen through ad hoc analysis yields the highest accuracy and the only one that can locate the Pareto front with a single round of experiments, demonstrating how appropriate model selection through careful inspection can greatly accelerate the research cycle.

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© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Intelligent Systems published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Code and scaled data are openly available in Mendeley Data at http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/8zj5nbkt47.1

Publication of this article was supported by the 2022-23 Rowan University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.

Recommended Citation

Fujinuma, N., & Lofland, S. E. (2023). Physics-based human-in-the-loop machine learning combined with genetic algorithm search for multicriteria optimization: Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5(5) doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200290

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