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Title: A review of iron and cobalt porphyrins, phthalocyanines, and related complexes for electrochemical and photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

Journal Article · · Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

This review summarizes research on the electrochemical and photochemical reduction of CO₂ using a variety of iron and cobalt porphyrins, phthalocyanines, and related complexes. Metalloporphyrins and metallophthalocyanines are visible light absorbers with extremely large extinction coefficients. However, yields of photochemically-generated active catalysts for CO₂ reduction are typically low owing to the requirement of a second photoinduced electron. This requirement is not relevant to the case of electrochemical CO₂ reduction. Recent progress on efficient and stable electrochemical systems includes the use of FeTPP catalysts that have prepositioned phenyl OH groups in their second coordination spheres. This has led to remarkable progress in carrying out coupled proton-electron transfer reactions for CO₂ reduction. Such ground-breaking research has to be continued in order to produce renewable fuels in an economically feasible manner.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC00112704
OSTI ID:
1182538
Report Number(s):
BNL-107639-2015-JA; R&D Project: CO026; KC0304030
Journal Information:
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Vol. 19, Issue 01-03; ISSN 1088-4246
Publisher:
World ScientificCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 152 works
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