Copper-based homometallic and heterometallic binuclear complexes for electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction
A series of copper-based binuclear complexes were synthesized and investigated as homogeneous catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Introduction of the second metal site systematically tuned the electronic structures of the complexes to regulate the catalytic performance, giving a faradaic efficiency (FE) of 71% for formic acid with a Cu-Cu complex and an FE of 17% for hydrocarbons with a Cu-Co complex.
Authors
- Rong Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2398-399X)
- Meng-Jiao Sun
- Feng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1162-1684)
- Teng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3736-4185)
- Wenwen Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-9982)
- Xinling Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1324-328X)
- Lei-Yan Lyu
Institutions
- Fujian Normal University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Fuzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemical Communications
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04378f
- Primary Topic
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China