Photocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to CO by a Copper(II) Quaterpyridine Complex

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Abstract

The invention of efficient systems for the photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ comprising earth-abundant metal catalysts is a promising approach for the production of solar fuels. One bottleneck is to design highly selective and robust molecular complexes that are able to transform the CO₂ gas. The CuII quaterpyridine complex [Cu(qpy)]2+ (1) is found to be a highly efficient and selective catalyst for visible-light driven CO₂ reduction in CH₃ CN using [Ru(bpy)₃ ]2+ (bpy: bipyridine) as photosensitizer and BIH/TEOA (1,3-dimethyl-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazole/triethanolamine) as sacrificial reductant. The photocatalytic reaction is greatly enhanced by the presence of H₂ O (1-4 % v/v), and a turnover number of >12 400 for CO production can be achieved with 97 % selectivity, which is among the highest of molecular 3d CO₂ reduction catalysts. Results from Hg poisoning and dynamic light scattering experiments suggest that this photocatalyst is homogenous. To the best of our knowledge, 1 is the first example of molecular Cu-based catalyst for the photoreduction of CO₂ .

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