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A highly active nickel electrocatalyst shows excellent selectivity for CO₂ reduction in acidic media.

ABSTRACT: The development of selective electrocatalysts for CO₂ reduction in water offers a sustainable route to carbon based fuels and feedstocks. However, molecular catalysts are typically studied in non-aqueous solvents, in part to avoid competitive H₂ evolution. [Ni(cyclam)]²⁺ (1) is one of the few known electrocatalysts that operate in water and 30 years after its report its activity remains a rarely surpassed benchmark. Here we report that [Ni(cyclam-CO₂H)]²⁺ (cyclam-CO₂H = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-6-carboxylic acid (2)) shows greatly enhanced activity versus1 for CO production. At pHs < pK_a of the pendant carboxylic acid a large increase in catalytic activity occurs. Remarkably, despite the high proton concentration (pH 2), 2 maintains selectivity for CO₂ reduction and is believed to be unique in operating selectively in such acidic aqueous solutions.

SUBMITTER: Neri G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5530941 | biostudies-literature |

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