New paper in Chemistry of Materials

The work of Francisco Gonell has just been accepted for publication in Chemistry of Materials. In this paper, we tune syntheses in molten salts to control the formation of nanoparticles of 3D and bi-dimensional manganese perovskite oxides. We highlight the very high activity and stability of these nanomaterials for the electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction. Fruitful Sorbonne Université collaboration with Christel Laberty-Robert from the RMES group of LCMCP, with the LRS lab and the LISE lab (Vincent Vivier, Carlos Sanchez Sanchez).

Structure-activity relationship in manganese perovskite oxide nanocrystals from molten salts for efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis, Chemistry of Materials, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00681

ERC Consolidator grant

The project GENESIS has been granted by the ERC. This is a great honour to receive this grant. In this project, I will gather current synthesis skills and buid new ones in order to explore new nanomaterials and new inorganic solids for energy conversion and catalysis, by focusing on boron, silicon and phosphorus compounds. See the press release, CNRS release and list of recipients.

Stay tuned, positions opening in the next weeks! Informal inquiries are welcome.

New member

We welcome Edouard, new master 2 internship, who will explore new compositions of boron-based solids at the nanoscale!

A new tungsten trioxide polymorph published in Nature Communications

We have discovered a new WO3 polymorph as a a 2D nanomaterial, through aqueous chemistry at low temperature. This material shows mpressive electrochromic properties. Congrats to Julie and Binghua for their great work, and thanks to collaborators from SOLVAY, INSP Paris, IPCM Paris, IRCP Paris, UC Madrid and UCCS Lille for bringing their own bricks to this nice assembly. Check the paper and the story of the discovery there and on the CNRS web site.