Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by Imidazolium-Functionalized Molecular Catalysts

abstract

• We present the first examples of CO2 electro-reduction catalysts that feature charged imidazolium groups in the secondary coordination sphere. The functionalized Lehn-type catalysts display significant differences in their redox properties and improved catalytic activities as compared to the conventional reference catalyst. Our results suggest that the incorporated imidazolium moieties do not solely function as a charged tag but also alter mechanistic aspects of catalysis.

authors

• Nippe, Michael

author list (cited authors)

• Sung, S., Kumar, D., Gil-Sepulcre, M., & Nippe, M.

citation count

• 131

complete list of authors

• Sung, Siyoung||Kumar, Davinder||Gil-Sepulcre, Marcos||Nippe, Michael

publication date

• January 2017

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of the American Chemical Society  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 28921978

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/jacs.7b07709

start page

• 13993

end page

• 13996

volume

• 139

issue

• 40

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b07709