Ruthenium-cobalt dinuclear complexes as photocatalysts for CO2 reduction

X Wang; V Goudy; G Genesio; J Maynadié; D Meyer; M Fontecave

doi:10.1039/c6cc09941f

Ruthenium-cobalt dinuclear complexes as photocatalysts for CO₂ reduction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 May 2;53(36):5040-5043. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09941f.

Authors

X Wang¹, V Goudy, G Genesio, J Maynadié, D Meyer, M Fontecave

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université P. et M. Curie, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. marc.fontecave@cea.fr.

PMID: 28428986
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09941f

Abstract

A series of Ru-Co dinuclear complexes have been synthesized and assayed as photocatalysts for the reduction of CO₂ to CO in organic solvents. The Ru-Co complexes, with tris-diimine coordination at the Co ion, are the best supramolecular photocatalysts for CO₂ reduction with a non-noble metal catalytic center reported so far.