Tuning the electrochemical and catalytic ORR performance of C60by its encapsulation in ZIF-8: a solid-state analogue of dilute fullerene solution

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.