Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Molecular catalysis of CO 2 reduction: recent advances and perspectives in electrochemical and light-driven processes with selected Fe, Ni and Co aza macrocyclic …

E Boutin, L Merakeb, B Ma, B Boudy, M Wang… - Chemical society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Earth-abundant Fe, Ni, and Co aza macrocyclic and polypyridine complexes have been
thoroughly investigated for CO2 electrochemical and visible-light-driven reduction. Since the …

Homogeneously catalyzed electroreduction of carbon dioxide—methods, mechanisms, and catalysts

R Francke, B Schille, M Roemelt - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The utilization of CO2 via electrochemical reduction constitutes a promising approach
toward production of value-added chemicals or fuels using intermittent renewable energy …

Versatile tools for understanding electrosynthetic mechanisms

ECR McKenzie, S Hosseini, AGC Petro… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrosynthesis is a popular, green alternative to traditional organic methods.
Understanding the mechanisms is not trivial yet is necessary to optimize reaction processes …

Janus-type emission from a cyclometalated iron(iii) complex

J Steube, A Kruse, OS Bokareva, T Reuter… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Although iron is a dream candidate to substitute noble metals in photoactive complexes,
realization of emissive and photoactive iron compounds is demanding due to the fast …

Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction in Water through Anchoring of a Molecular Ni Catalyst on CdS Nanocrystals

MF Kuehnel, KL Orchard, KE Dalle… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into carbonaceous feedstock chemicals is a promising
strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and simultaneously store solar energy in …

Decoding the CO2 Reduction Mechanism of a Highly Active Organometallic Manganese Electrocatalyst: Direct Observation of a Hydride Intermediate and Its …

S Fernández, F Franco, M Martínez Belmonte… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A detailed mechanistic study of the electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by the fac-[MnI
(CO) 3 (bis-MeNHC) MeCN]+ complex (1-MeCN+) is reported herein by combining in situ …

Probing liquid/solid interfaces at the molecular level

F Zaera - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
The ability to obtain a molecular-level understanding of the chemistry that takes place at
liquid/solid interfaces is key to the development and improvement of many chemical and …

Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Acetic Acid by a Molecular Manganese Corrole Complex

R De, S Gonglach, S Paul, M Haas… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The controlled electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to value added chemicals is an
important strategy in terms of renewable energy technologies. Therefore, the development of …

New advances in the use of infrared absorption spectroscopy for the characterization of heterogeneous catalytic reactions

F Zaera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Infrared absorption spectroscopy has proven to be one of the most powerful spectroscopic
techniques available for the characterization of catalytic systems. Although the history of IR …