DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.interect.2021.034
Publication date: 10th November 2021
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 is a challenging reaction of interest from a fundamental
perspective and as a candidate for converting an environmentally harmful gas into a valuable fuel.
Application in large scale of this reaction will likely require the use of catalysts based on cheap and
abundant metals. Organometallic ruthenium complexes bearing a 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine paired with a
bidentate ligand containing mixed pyridine-N-heterocyclic carbene are well established
electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction to CO (Figure 1).[1] We recently unraveled the mechanism for this
system, and we proved that the two geometrical isomers resulting from the asymmetry of the bis-
chelating ligand have completely different behavior in the elementary steps of the catalytic cycle, as a
consequence the trans effect provided by the strongly donating NHC donor.[2,3] Now in this
contribution, we will discuss the synthesis of the iron analogues, as well as the mechanism of this new
family of electrocatalysts in CO2 reduction.[4] A combination of NMR spectroscopy, cyclic
voltammetry, and spectroelectrochemical infrared spectroscopy have established similarities and
differences between the catalytic cycle performed by iron and ruthenium complexes.
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