Citation: Can Huang, Jiahao Liu, Hai-Hua Huang, Xianfang Xu, Zhuofeng Ke. Highly active electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction with manganese N-heterocyclic carbene pincer by para electronic tuning[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(1): 262-265. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.06.046 shu

Highly active electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction with manganese N-heterocyclic carbene pincer by para electronic tuning

School of Materials Science & Engineering, School of Chemistry, PCFM Lab, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

kezhf3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Received Date: 28 April 2021
Revised Date: 10 June 2021
Accepted Date: 15 June 2021
Available Online: 21 June 2021

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Electronic tuning by para substitutions was explored to achieve a highly active manganese N-heterocyclic carbene pincer complex for the selective electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to CO. [MnCNC^OMe]BF₄ (L2-Mn) bearing an electron-donating group (-OMe) showed high activity with 63×catalytic current enhancement, average Faradaic efficiency of 104%, and a TOF_max value of 26, 127 s^-1, which is 127 times higher than that of unsubstituted [MnCNC^H]Br (L1-Mn) reported previously. In contrast, the electron-withdrawing group (-COOMe) in [MnCNC^COOMe]PF₆ (L3-Mn) inhibited the electrocatalytic activity. Ambient Brønstic acid, however, suppressed the activity of L2-Mn probably due to the protonation of the -OMe group. These findings indicate a potential electronic tuning strategy to improved manganese N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts for CO₂ reduction.
- Pyridine N-heterocyclic carbene,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Carbon dioxide conversion,
- Manganese,
- Substituent effect
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