Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Electroconversion of CO2: An Organometallic Perspective

NW Kinzel, C Werlé, W Leitner - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic transformation of carbon dioxide has been a topic of interest in the field
of CO2 utilization for a long time. Recently, the area has seen increasing dynamics as an …

Secondary-Sphere Effects in Molecular Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

AW Nichols, CW Machan - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The generation of fuels and value-added chemicals from carbon dioxide (CO2) using
electrocatalysis is a promising approach to the eventual large-scale utilization of intermittent …

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 …

Advances in the molecular catalysis of dioxygen reduction

CW Machan - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
The reduction of dioxygen (O2) is of vital importance to energy-related reactions. In biology,
respiration uses O2 reduction as a thermodynamic sink, whereas fuel cells pair the oxygen …

Designing electrochemically reversible H2 oxidation and production catalysts

A Dutta, AM Appel, WJ Shaw - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
The most energy-efficient electrocatalysts mediate forward and reverse reactions at high
rates with minimal overpotential requirements. Such electrocatalytic reversibility is …

Electro and photoreduction of CO2 driven by manganese-carbonyl molecular catalysts

M Stanbury, JD Compain, S Chardon-Noblat - Coordination Chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Manganese carbonyl complexes have become popular homogeneous catalysts for carbon
dioxide electro-or photoreduction since the beginning of the 2010s. This article presents a …

Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction by a Series of Molecular Rhenium Catalysts Decorated with Second-Sphere Hydrogen-Bond Donors

K Talukdar, S Sinha Roy, E Amatya… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A series of rhenium (I) fac-tricarbonyl complexes containing pendent arylamine functionality
in the second coordination sphere have been developed and studied as electrocatalysts for …

Rhenium chemistry–then and now

JR Dilworth - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The first section provides a background to the whole review. The second presents a
historical perspective of fundamental developments in rhenium chemistry from its discovery …

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 using Group VII Metal catalysts

JA Barrett, CJ Miller, CP Kubiak - Trends in Chemistry, 2021 - cell.com
Anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels, are driving
climate change at an alarming rate. Our current dependence on carbon-based fuels has …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-inspired synthesis of nanomaterials and smart structures for electrochemical energy storage and conversion

M Ding, G Chen, W Xu, C Jia, H Luo - Nano Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional synthetic methodologies are confronted with great challenges to fabricate
complex nanomaterials with delicate design, high efficiency and excellent sustainability …