Heterogenised Molecular Catalysts for Sustainable Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

D Grammatico, AJ Bagnall, L Riccardi… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a rapid rise in interest regarding the advantages of support materials to
protect and immobilise molecular catalysts for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction …

Molecular engineering of metal complexes for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction: From adjustment of intrinsic activity to molecular immobilization

ZW Yang, JM Chen, LQ Qiu, WJ Xie… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (ECO2RR) is one promising method for storing
intermittent clean energy in chemical bonds and producing fuels. Among various kinds of …

Carbon‐Supported Single Metal Site Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to CO and Beyond

Y Zhu, X Yang, C Peng, C Priest, Y Mei, G Wu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising strategy to achieve
electrical‐to‐chemical energy storage while closing the global carbon cycle. The carbon …

Adsorbed cobalt porphyrins act like metal surfaces in electrocatalysis

CJ Kaminsky, S Weng, J Wright, Y Surendranath - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Electrodes chemically modified with molecular active sites are potent catalysts for energy
conversion reactions. Such electrodes are typically presumed to operate by the same redox …

Hybridization of Molecular and Graphene Materials for CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction with Selectivity Control

B Ma, M Blanco, L Calvillo, L Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the quest for designing efficient and stable photocatalytic materials for CO2 reduction,
hybridizing a selective noble-metal-free molecular catalyst and carbon-based light …

Supramolecular tuning enables selective oxygen reduction catalyzed by cobalt porphyrins for direct electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide

PT Smith, Y Kim, BP Benke, K Kim… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We report a supramolecular strategy for promoting the selective reduction of O2 for direct
electrosynthesis of H2O2. We utilized cobalt tetraphenylporphyrin (Co‐TPP), an oxygen …

Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

C Yang, S Li, Z Zhang, H Wang, H Liu, F Jiao, Z Guo… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) to value‐added chemicals and fuels is regarded as
an effective strategy to mitigate climate change caused by CO2 from excess consumption of …

Electrosynthesis of syngas via the co-reduction of CO2 and H2O

S Lu, Y Shi, N Meng, S Lu, Y Yu, B Zhang - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020 - cell.com
The traditional synthesis of syngas, a mixture of CO and H 2, relies on the reverse water gas
shift reaction at high temperature and thus consumes considerable energy and resources. In …

Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: from Discrete Molecular Catalysts to Their Integrated Catalytic Materials

K Lei, B Yu Xia - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular catalysts (metal complexes), with molecularly defined uniform active sites and
atomically precise structural tailorability allowing for regulating catalytic performance …

Mechanistic Insights into Co and Fe Quaterpyridine-Based CO2 Reduction Catalysts: Metal–Ligand Orbital Interaction as the Key Driving Force for Distinct Pathways

M Loipersberger, DGA Cabral, DBK Chu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Both [CoII (qpy)(H2O) 2] 2+ and [FeII (qpy)(H2O) 2] 2+(with qpy= 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″: 6′′, 2‴-
quaterpyridine) are efficient homogeneous electrocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts for the …