Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction at low overpotentials using iron(III) tetra(meso-thienyl)porphyrins
<p>The optical and electrochemical properties, as well as the CO<sub>2</sub> reduction capability of two different iron(III) thienyl-porphyrins, iron(III) tetra(<i>meso</i>-thien-2-yl)porphyrin (<b>FeTThP</b>) and iron(III) tetra(<i>meso</i>-5-methylthien-2-yl)porphyrin (<b>FeTThMeP</b>), are directly compared to those of iron(III) tetra(<i>meso</i>-phenyl)porphyrin (<b>FeTPP</b>). Through exploitation of mesomeric stabilization effects, <b>FeTThP</b> and <b>FeTThMeP</b> both reduced CO<sub>2</sub> to CO with comparable faradaic efficiencies and TON<sub>CO</sub> <sub> </sub>relative to <b>FeTPP</b>, with an overpotential 150 mV lower than the benchmark catalyst. </p>
2016 ◽
Vol 55
(23)
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pp. 12400-12408
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Keyword(s):
High Temperature Material Processes (An International Quarterly of High-Technology Plasma Processes)
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2014 ◽
Vol 18
(1-2)
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pp. 143-153
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