CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSFORMATION FACILITATED BY EARTH ABUNDANT METALS

摘要

Novel complexes of various earth-abundant, inexpensive transition or main group metals that facilitate the transformation of carbon dioxide into other more useful organic products. These complexes can bind and alter the CO2 at mild conditions of temperature and pressure, enabling, according to some embodiments, the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into new products.

主权项

1. A method for the electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) comprising:
providing a complex comprising a ligand and a metal; exposing the CO2 to the complex under suitable conditions such that an adduct is formed between the CO2 and the complex; and providing electrochemical energy and trace protons to the adduct to reduce CO2.