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Title: Phenazine-photosensitized reduction of CO{sub 2} mediated by a cobalt-cyclam complex through electron and hydrogen transfer

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry

Photoreduction of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) to formate (HCO{sub 2}{sup -}) can be achieved by UV-irradiation of the system involving phenazine (Phen) as a photosensitizer, a cobalt complex of cyclam (CO{sup III}L, L = cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) as an electron mediator, and triethylamine (TEA) as an electron donor. Reduction products from the system are HCO{sub 2}{sup -} and a small quantity of CO and H{sub 2}. The quantum yield is 0.07 for the formation of HCO{sub 2} at {lambda} = 313 nm. Preferential electron transfer from the photoformed radical anion of phenazine (Phen{sup -}) to Co{sup III}L is confirmed by EPR analysis and the reaction between Phen{sup -} and Co{sup III}L with a second-order rate constant, k = 4.3 x 10{sup 9} M{sup -1} s{sup -1}. The resulting Co{sup II}L reacts with phenazinyl radical, giving [CoL(H)]{sup 2+} by hydrogen transfer from phenazinyl radical. The effective insertion of a CO{sub 2} molecule into [CoL(H)]{sup 2+} yields HCO{sub 2} selectively. 51 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
90945
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 99, Issue 31; Other Information: PBD: 3 Aug 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English