Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

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 …

Redox-active ligands: Recent advances towards their incorporation into coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks

B Ding, MB Solomon, CF Leong… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past three decades, the field of coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) has developed rapidly due to the potential applications of these …

Electrochemical and spectroscopic methods for evaluating molecular electrocatalysts

KJ Lee, N Elgrishi, B Kandemir… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Modern energy challenges have amplified interest in transition metal-based molecular
electrocatalysts for fuel-forming reactions. The activity of these homogeneous …

Manganese organometallic compounds in homogeneous catalysis: Past, present, and prospects

DA Valyaev, G Lavigne, N Lugan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of first row transition metal complexes is one of the mainstreams in modern
homogeneous catalysis. The case of manganese is peculiar in that catalytic applications of …

Enhancing a Molecular Electrocatalyst's Activity for CO2 Reduction by Simultaneously Modulating Three Substituent Effects

W Nie, DE Tarnopol, CCL McCrory - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The electrocatalytic activity for CO2 reduction is greatly enhanced for Co complexes with
pyridyldiimine-based ligands through the stepwise integration of three synergistic …

Mechanistic aspects of CO2 reduction catalysis with manganese-based molecular catalysts

DC Grills, MZ Ertem, M McKinnon, KT Ngo… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
One approach for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels or fuel precursors is the proton-coupled
reduction of CO 2 to CO or formic acid, using transition metal complexes as catalysts in …

CO2 Reduction on Cu at Low Overpotentials with Surface-Enhanced in Situ Spectroscopy

J Heyes, M Dunwell, B Xu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016 - ACS Publications
In situ surface-enhanced spectroscopic and reactivity investigations of the electrochemical
reduction of CO2 at low overpotentials (< 0.7 V) was conducted on Cu surfaces. Vibrational …

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 …

A Highly Active N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Manganese(I) Complex for Selective Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO

F Franco, MF Pinto, B Royo… - Angewandte Chemie, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We report here the first purely organometallic fac‐[MnI (CO) 3 (bis‐MeNHC) Br] complex with
unprecedented activity for the selective electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO, exceeding …