Polymer Data Challenges in the AI Era: Bridging Gaps for Next-Generation Energy Materials

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13494v1
• Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 00:20:42 GMT
• Title: Polymer Data Challenges in the AI Era: Bridging Gaps for Next-Generation Energy Materials
• Authors: Ying Zhao, Guanhua Chen, Jie Liu,
• Abstract summary: pursuit of advanced polymers for energy technologies is hindered by fragmented data ecosystems.<n>This fragmentation stifles machine learning applications and the discovery of materials critical for global decarbonization.<n>Emerging solutions address these gaps through technological and collaborative innovation.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The pursuit of advanced polymers for energy technologies, spanning photovoltaics, solid-state batteries, and hydrogen storage, is hindered by fragmented data ecosystems that fail to capture the hierarchical complexity of these materials. Polymer science lacks interoperable databases, forcing reliance on disconnected literature and legacy records riddled with unstructured formats and irreproducible testing protocols. This fragmentation stifles machine learning (ML) applications and delays the discovery of materials critical for global decarbonization. Three systemic barriers compound the challenge. First, academic-industrial data silos restrict access to proprietary industrial datasets, while academic publications often omit critical synthesis details. Second, inconsistent testing methods undermine cross-study comparability. Third, incomplete metadata in existing databases limits their utility for training reliable ML models. Emerging solutions address these gaps through technological and collaborative innovation. Natural language processing (NLP) tools extract structured polymer data from decades of literature, while high-throughput robotic platforms generate self-consistent datasets via autonomous experimentation. Central to these advances is the adoption of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles, adapted to polymer-specific ontologies, ensuring machine-readability and reproducibility. Future breakthroughs hinge on cultural shifts toward open science, accelerated by decentralized data markets and autonomous laboratories that merge robotic experimentation with real-time ML validation. By addressing data fragmentation through technological innovation, collaborative governance, and ethical stewardship, the polymer community can transform bottlenecks into accelerants.

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