Highly stable silver nanohybrid electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction.
Quentin LenneMaurice RetoutBryan GosselinGilles BruylantsIvan JabinJonathan HamonCorinne LagrostYann R LerouxPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were deliberately functionalized via aryl diazonium chemistry with a monolayer of calix[4]arenes. The resulting nanohybrids show high efficiency and high selectivity toward the ORR in alkaline media along with an exceptional durability and a high methanol tolerance.