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Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Mar 29;54(27):3351-3354. doi: 10.1039/c8cc00266e.

Electrocatalytic CO.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Xiaojun Su, Kaitlin M McCardle, Julien A Panetier, Jonah W Jurss

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 29504619 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00266e

Abstract

A series of nickel complexes featuring redox-active macrocycles is reported for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. A remarkable structure-activity relationship is elucidated from the series through electrochemical studies and DFT calculations, wherein a fine electronic balance between metal and ligand redox chemistry dictates selectivity for CO2 reduction versus the competing proton reduction reaction.

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