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Title: Iron Porphyrins Embedded into a Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction in Water

Abstract

Abstract A porous organic cage composed of six iron tetraphenylporphyrins was used as a supramolecular catalyst for electrochemical CO 2 ‐to‐CO conversion. This strategy enhances active site exposure and substrate diffusion relative to the monomeric catalyst, resulting in CO generation with near‐quantitative Faradaic efficiency in pH 7.3 water, with activities reaching 55 250 turnovers. These results provide a starting point for the design of supramolecular catalysts that can exploit the properties of the surrounding matrix yet retain the tunability of the original molecular unit.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720-1460 USA
  2. Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC) Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
  3. Department of Chemistry Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
  4. Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC) Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea, Department of Chemistry Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
  5. Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720-1460 USA, Department Molecular and Cell Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-1460 USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1459221
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Volume: 130 Journal Issue: 31; Journal ID: ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Smith, Peter T., Benke, Bahiru Punja, Cao, Zhi, Kim, Younghoon, Nichols, Eva M., Kim, Kimoon, and Chang, Christopher J. Iron Porphyrins Embedded into a Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction in Water. Germany: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/ange.201803873.
Smith, Peter T., Benke, Bahiru Punja, Cao, Zhi, Kim, Younghoon, Nichols, Eva M., Kim, Kimoon, & Chang, Christopher J. Iron Porphyrins Embedded into a Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction in Water. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201803873
Smith, Peter T., Benke, Bahiru Punja, Cao, Zhi, Kim, Younghoon, Nichols, Eva M., Kim, Kimoon, and Chang, Christopher J. Thu . "Iron Porphyrins Embedded into a Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction in Water". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201803873.
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title = {Iron Porphyrins Embedded into a Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction in Water},
author = {Smith, Peter T. and Benke, Bahiru Punja and Cao, Zhi and Kim, Younghoon and Nichols, Eva M. and Kim, Kimoon and Chang, Christopher J.},
abstractNote = {Abstract A porous organic cage composed of six iron tetraphenylporphyrins was used as a supramolecular catalyst for electrochemical CO 2 ‐to‐CO conversion. This strategy enhances active site exposure and substrate diffusion relative to the monomeric catalyst, resulting in CO generation with near‐quantitative Faradaic efficiency in pH 7.3 water, with activities reaching 55 250 turnovers. These results provide a starting point for the design of supramolecular catalysts that can exploit the properties of the surrounding matrix yet retain the tunability of the original molecular unit.},
doi = {10.1002/ange.201803873},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie},
number = 31,
volume = 130,
place = {Germany},
year = {Thu Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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