Electrocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> with CCC-NHC pincer nickel complexes

James D. Cope, Nalaka P. Liyanage, Paul Kelley, Jason A. Denny, E. Valente, Charles Edwin Webster, Jared H. Delcamp, T. Keith Hollis

Chemical Communications · 2017 · 65 citations · 39 references

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Abstract

) reported. Rates improved in the presence of water and, significantly, catalysis occurred at the first reduction potential, presumably at the Ni(i) state. Controlled potential electrolysis (CPE) was found to yield CO at 34% and formate at 47% Faradaic efficiency (FE).

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