Tuning the electrochemical and catalytic ORR performance of C<sub>60</sub>by its encapsulation in ZIF-8: a solid-state analogue of dilute fullerene solution
Olivia Basu, Subhabrata Mukhopadhyay, Avik De, Anupam Das, Samar K. Das
Abstract
Hassle-free encapsulation of fullerene C 60 in ZIF-8 has been performed to preserve the molecularity and solution-like properties of C 60 in solid-state. The resulting composite shows efficient heterogeneous electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction.
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