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 …

Light-driven heterogeneous reduction of carbon dioxide: photocatalysts and photoelectrodes

JL White, MF Baruch, JE Pander III, Y Hu… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Light-Driven Heterogeneous Reduction of Carbon Dioxide: Photocatalysts and Photoelectrodes
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Molecular polypyridine-based metal complexes as catalysts for the reduction of CO 2

N Elgrishi, MB Chambers, X Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polypyridyl transition metal complexes represent one of the more thoroughly studied classes
of molecular catalysts towards CO2 reduction to date. Initial reports in the 1980s began with …

Manganese catalysts with bulky bipyridine ligands for the electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide: eliminating dimerization and altering catalysis

MD Sampson, AD Nguyen, KA Grice… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
With the goal of improving previously reported Mn bipyridine electrocatalysts in terms of
increased activity and reduced overpotential, a bulky bipyridine ligand, 6, 6′-dimesityl-2 …

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 …

Mechanistic contrasts between manganese and rhenium bipyridine electrocatalysts for the reduction of carbon dioxide

C Riplinger, MD Sampson, AM Ritzmann… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
[Re (bpy)(CO) 3]− is a well-established homogeneous electrocatalyst for the reduction of
CO2 to CO. Recently, substitution of the more abundant transition metal Mn for Re yielded a …

Elucidation of the Selectivity of Proton-Dependent Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by fac-Re(bpy)(CO)3Cl

JA Keith, KA Grice, CP Kubiak… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A complete mechanism for the proton-dependent electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO by
fac-Re (bpy)(CO) 3Cl that is consistent with experimental observations has been developed …

Developing a Mechanistic Understanding of Molecular Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction using Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry

CW Machan, MD Sampson, SA Chabolla… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The use of infrared spectroelectrochemistry (IR-SEC) as a characterization method for
molecular electrocatalysts allows researchers to identify key intermediates and products …

Time-Resolved IR Spectroscopy Reveals a Mechanism with TiO2 as a Reversible Electron Acceptor in a TiO2–Re Catalyst System for CO2 Photoreduction

M Abdellah, AM El-Zohry, LJ Antila… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Attaching the phosphonated molecular catalyst [ReIBr (bpy)(CO) 3] 0 to the wide-bandgap
semiconductor TiO2 strongly enhances the rate of visible-light-driven reduction of CO2 to …

Local Proton Source in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with [Mn(bpy–R)(CO)3Br] Complexes

F Franco, C Cometto, L Nencini… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical behavior of fac‐[Mn (pdbpy)(CO) 3Br](pdbpy= 4‐phenyl‐6‐(phenyl‐2, 6‐
diol)‐2, 2′‐bipyridine)(1) in acetonitrile under Ar, and its catalytic performances for CO2 …