Transition metal-based catalysts for the electrochemical CO 2 reduction: from atoms and molecules to nanostructured materials

F Franco, C Rettenmaier, HS Jeon… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) powered by renewable energy is an
attractive sustainable approach to mitigate CO2 emissions and to produce fuels or value …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Electrocatalytic metal hydride generation using CPET mediators

S Dey, F Masero, E Brack, M Fontecave, V Mougel - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Transition metal hydrides (MH) are ubiquitous intermediates in a wide range of enzymatic
processes and catalytic reactions, playing a central role in H+/H2 interconversion, the …

Determination of photoelectrochemical water oxidation intermediates on haematite electrode surfaces using operando infrared spectroscopy

O Zandi, TW Hamann - Nature chemistry, 2016 - nature.com
Semiconductor electrodes capable of using solar photons to drive water-splitting reactions,
such as haematite (α-Fe 2 O 3), have been the subject of tremendous interest over recent …

CO2 Electroreduction at Low Overpotential on Oxide-Derived Cu/Carbons Fabricated from Metal Organic Framework

K Zhao, Y Liu, X Quan, S Chen… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to chemical feedstocks is an attractive solution that
prevents CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, but it remains a great challenge to develop …

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 …

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 …