Heterogenised Molecular Catalysts for Sustainable Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction

Domenico Grammatico , Andrew Bagnall (1) , Ludovico Riccardi (2) , Marc Fontecave (3) , Bao‐lian Su (4) , Laurent Billon (5)

1 Uppsala University
2 TU/e - Eindhoven University of Technology [Eindhoven]
3 Collège de France - Chaire Chimie des processus biologiques
4 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
5 IPREM - Institut des sciences analytiques et de physico-chimie pour l'environnement et les materiaux

There has been a rapid rise in interest regarding the advantages of support materials to protect and immobilise molecular catalysts for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) in order to overcome the weaknesses of many well-known catalysts in terms of their stability and selectivity. In this Review, the state of the art of different catalyst-support systems for the CO2RR is discussed with the intention of leading towards standard benchmarking for comparison of such systems across the most relevant supports and immobilisation strategies, taking into account these multiple pertinent metrics, and also enabling clearer consideration of the necessary steps for further progress. The most promising support systems are described, along with a final note on the need for developing more advanced experimental and computational techniques to aid the rational design principles that are prerequisite to prospective industrial upscaling.

Keywords: Carbon Dioxide Reduction; Electrochemical Reduction; Heterogenization; Molecular Catalysts; Solar Fuels

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Material chemistry; Polymers

Domenico Grammatico, Andrew Bagnall, Ludovico Riccardi, Marc Fontecave, Bao‐lian Su, et al.. Heterogenised Molecular Catalysts for Sustainable Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61 (38), ⟨10.1002/anie.202206399⟩. ⟨hal-03781257⟩