BAR-ILAN INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY & ADVANCED MATERIALS | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

58 in Nanoliter to Yoctoliter Liquid Droplets”, Nano Letters, 19 (5), 3161-3168, 2019 . • Shir R. Liber, Alexander V. Butenko, Moshe Caspi, Shani Guttman, Moty Schultz, Andrew B. Schofield, Moshe Deutsch, and Eli Sloutskin, “Precise Self-Positioning of Colloidal Particles on Liquid Emulsion Droplets”, Langmuir 35 (40), 13053- 13061, 2019 . • Orlando Marin, Moshe Deutsch, David Zitoun, and Eli Sloutskin, “Nanoparticle Positioning on Liquid and Polymerized Faceted Droplets”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123 (46), 28192-28200, 2019 . • Diego Pontoni, Marco DiMichiel, Moshe Deutsch, “Temperature evolution of the bulk nano-structureinahomologousseries of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 112280, 2019 . • J. Haddad et al., “Surface structure evolution in a homologous series of ionic liquids.,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 115, E1100-E1107, 2018 . • P. Reichert, K. S. Kjaer, T. B. van Driel, J. Mars, J. W. Ochsmann, D. Pontoni, M. Deutsch, M. M. Nielsen, and M. Mezger, “Molecular Scale Structure and Dynamics at an Ionic Liquid/Electrode Interface”, Faraday Discuss. 206, 141-157, 2018 . Prof. Lior Elbaz Department of Chemistry Member of BINA, Nano-Energy & Nano-Materials Center Research Areas • Electrochemistry • Bio-inspired electrochemistry • Alternative energy technologies (fuel cells, batteries and photovoltaics) • Organometallic compounds • Conductive polymers • Porphyrins and transition metal complexes • Ceramic materials • Semiconductors • Carbon supports for alternative energy applications (electrodes, electron acceptors) Abstract The research in Dr. Lior Elbaz’ group focuses on the synthesis study and application of precious group metal (PGM) catalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) with ultra-low Pt loadings, PGM-free catalysts based on molecular complexes of transition metals, mitigation of degradation mechanisms, and corrosion- resistant catalysts supports. All of these projects are nano-tech intensive, and require the most advanced techniques available. Publications 2018 and 2019 • RZ Snitkoff, N Levy, I Ozery, S Ruthstein, L Elbaz, “Imidazole decorated reduced graphene oxide: A biomimetic ligand for selective oxygen reduction electrocatalysis with Metalloporphyrins”, Carbon 143, 223-229, 2019 . • N Pariente Cohen, E Lo Presti, S Dell’Acqua, T Jantz, LJW Shimon, N Levy, M Nassir, L Elbaz, L Casella, B Fischer, “Aminomethylene-Phosphonate Analogue as a Cu (II) Chelator: Characterization and Application as an Inhibitor of Oxidation Induced by the Cu (II)–Prion Peptide Complex”, Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 14, 8995-9003, 2019 . • A Friedman, I Saltsman, Z Gross, L Elbaz, “Electropolymerization of PGM-free molecular catalyst for formation of 3D structures with high density of catalytic sites”, Electrochimica Acta 310, 13-19, 2019 . • Shmuel Gonen, O Lori, O Fleker, L Elbaz, “Electrocatalytically Active Silver Organic Framework: Ag (I)-complex Incorporated in Activated Carbon”, ChemCatChem Volume 310, Pages 13-19, 2019 . • HC Honig, CB Krishnamurthy, I Borge- Durán, M Tasior, DT Gryko, I Grinberg, L Elbaz, “Structural and Physical Parameters Controlling the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Selectivity with Carboxylic Acid- Substituted Cobalt Corroles Incorporated in a Porous Carbon Support”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (43), 26351- 26357, 2019 . • JS Shpilman, A Friedman, N Zion, N Levy, DT Major, L Elbaz, “A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of Cobalt Corroles as Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 50, 30129- 30136, 2019 . • N Zion, DA Cullen, P Zelenay, L Elbaz, “Heat- Treated Aerogel as a Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 2-9, 2019 . • N Levy, O Lori, S Gonen, M Mizrahi, S Ruthstein, L Elbaz, “The relationship of morphology and catalytic activity: A case study of iron corrole incorporated in high surface area carbon supports”, Carbon 158, 238-243, 2019 . • A. Friedman, L. Landau, S. Gonen, Z. Gross, and L. Elbaz, “Efficient Bio-Inspired Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis with Electropolymerized Cobalt Corroles,” ACS Catal., pp. 5024–5031, May 2018 . • S. Gonen and L. Elbaz, “Metal organic frameworks as catalysts for oxygen reduction,” Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 2018 . • S. Gonen, O. Lori, G. Cohen-Taguri, and L Elbaz, “Metal Organic Frameworks as Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction: An Unexpected Outcome of Highly Active Mn-MOF-Based Catalyst Incorporated in Activated Carbon,” Nanoscale L, 2018 . • N. Zion, A. Friedman, N. Levy, and L. Elbaz, “Bioinspired Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Fuel Cells Using Molecular Catalysts,” Advanced Materials, 1800406, pp. 1–6, 2018 . • RZ Snitkoff, N Levy, I Ozery, S Ruthstein, L Elbaz, “Imidazole decorated reduced graphene oxide: A biomimetic ligand for selective oxygen reduction electrocatalysis with Metalloporphyrins”, Carbon 143, 223-229, 2018 . • S Gonen, L Elbaz, “Comparison of new metal organic framework-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction”, Data in Brief 19, 281-287, 2018 . • M Kosa, N Levy, L Elbaz, DT Major, “Theoretical Study of the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen by Metallocorroles”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 (31), 17686-17694, 2018 . • CB Krishnamurthy, O Lori, L Elbaz, I Grinberg, “First-Principles Investigation of the Formation of Pt Nanorafts on a Mo2C Support and Their Catalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, The journal of physical chemistry letters 9 (9), 2229- 2234, 2018 . • S Gonen, O Lori, G Cohen-Taguri, L Elbaz, “Metal organic frameworks as a catalyst for oxygen reduction: an unexpected outcome of a highly active Mn-MOF-based catalyst incorporated in activated carbon”, Nanoscale, 2018 .