Nicolás Agurto

Dr. Nicolás Agurto

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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10 February 2024 in Journal of Catalysis
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CSCarlos P. Silva
Carlos P. Silva
CCCarolina P. Candia
Carolina P. Candia
MPMauricio Paredes
Mauricio Paredes
EIElizabeth Imbarack
Elizabeth Imbarack
FMFabian Martínez-Gómez
Fabian Martínez-Gómez
NANicolás Agurto
Nicolás Agurto

15 March 2021 in Molecules
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COCamila F. Olguín
Camila F. Olguín
NANicolás Agurto
Nicolás Agurto
CSCarlos P. Silva
Carlos P. Silva
CCCarolina P. Candia
Carolina P. Candia
MSMireya Santander-Nelli
Mireya Santander-Nelli
JPJorge Pavez
Jorge Pavez
Current selective modification methods, coupled with functionalization through organic or inorganic molecules, are crucial for designing and constructing custom-made molecular materials that act as electroactive interfaces. A versatile method for derivatizing surfaces is through an aryl diazonium salt reduction reaction (DSRR). A prominent feature of this strategy is that it can be carried out on various materials. Using the DSRR, we modified gold surface electrodes with 4-aminebenzene from 4-nitrobenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate (NBTF), regulating the deposited mass of the aryl film to achieve covering control on the electrode surface. We got different degrees of covering: monolayer, intermediate, and multilayer. Afterwards, the ArNO2 end groups were electrochemically reduced to ArNH2 and functionalized with Fe(II)-Phthalocyanine to study the catalytic performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The thickness of the electrode covering determines its response in front of ORR. Interestingly, the experimental results showed that an intermediate covering film presents a better electrocatalytic response for ORR, driving the reaction by a four-electron pathway.

1 September 2019 in Electrochimica Acta
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NANicolás Agurto
Nicolás Agurto
CSCarlos P. Silva
Carlos P. Silva
GJGeraldine S. Jara
Geraldine S. Jara
TMTamara Maldonado
Tamara Maldonado
EFErick Flores
Erick Flores
JPJorge Pavez
Jorge Pavez

5 May 2023 in Electrochimica Acta
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CCCarolina P. Candia
Carolina P. Candia
EIElizabeth Imbarack
Elizabeth Imbarack
CSCarlos P. Silva
Carlos P. Silva
COCamila F. Olguín
Camila F. Olguín
GJGeraldine Jara
Geraldine Jara
JPJorge Pavez
Jorge Pavez