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A highly active nickel electrocatalyst shows excellent selectivity for CO2 reduction in acidic media

Gaia Neri, Iain Aldous Orcid Logo, James J. Walsh, Laurence J. Hardwick, Alexander J. Cowan

Chemical Science, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 1521 - 1526

Swansea University Author: Iain Aldous Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1039/C5SC03225C

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The development of selective electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction in water offers a sustainable route to carbon based fuels and feedstocks. However, molecular catalysts are typically studied in non-aqueous solvents, in part to avoid competitive H2 evolution. [Ni(cyclam)]2+ (1) is one of the few known...

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ISSN: 2041-6520 2041-6539
Published: 2016
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title A highly active nickel electrocatalyst shows excellent selectivity for CO2 reduction in acidic media
spellingShingle A highly active nickel electrocatalyst shows excellent selectivity for CO2 reduction in acidic media
Iain Aldous
title_short A highly active nickel electrocatalyst shows excellent selectivity for CO2 reduction in acidic media
title_full A highly active nickel electrocatalyst shows excellent selectivity for CO2 reduction in acidic media
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description The development of selective electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction in water offers a sustainable route to carbon based fuels and feedstocks. However, molecular catalysts are typically studied in non-aqueous solvents, in part to avoid competitive H2 evolution. [Ni(cyclam)]2+ (1) is one of the few known electrocatalysts that operate in water and 30 years after its report its activity remains a rarely surpassed benchmark. Here we report that [Ni(cyclam-CO2H)]2+ (cyclam-CO2H = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-6-carboxylic acid (2)) shows greatly enhanced activity versus1 for CO production. At pHs < pKa of the pendant carboxylic acid a large increase in catalytic activity occurs. Remarkably, despite the high proton concentration (pH 2), 2 maintains selectivity for CO2 reduction and is believed to be unique in operating selectively in such acidic aqueous solutions.
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