The creation of effective and inexpensive catalysts is essential for photocatalytic CO_(2) reduction.Homogeneous molecular catalysts,possessing definite crystal structures,are desirable to study the relationship betwe...The creation of effective and inexpensive catalysts is essential for photocatalytic CO_(2) reduction.Homogeneous molecular catalysts,possessing definite crystal structures,are desirable to study the relationship between catalytic performance and coordination microenvironment around catalytic center.In this report,we elaborately developed three Co(II)-based molecular catalysts with different coordination microenvironments for CO_(2) reduction,named[CoN_(3)O]ClO_(4),[CoN_(4)]ClO_(4),and[CoN_(3)S]ClO_(4),respectively.The optimal[CoN_(3)O]ClO_(4) photocatalyst has a maximum TON of 5652 in photocatalytic reduced CO_(2) reduction,which is 1.28 and 1.65 times greater than that of[CoN_(4)]ClO_(4) and[CoN_(3)S]ClO_(4),respectively.The high electronegativity of oxygen in L1(N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)amine)provides the Co(II)catalytic centers with low reduction potentials and a more stable*COOH intermediate,which facilitates the CO_(2)-to-CO conversion and accounts for the high photocatalytic activity of[CoN_(3)O]ClO_(4).This work provides researchers new insights in development of catalysts for photocatalytic CO_(2) reduction.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFA1502902)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22271218,22071182,22201209,and 21931007)the Research Fund Program of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology(FC202210).
文摘The creation of effective and inexpensive catalysts is essential for photocatalytic CO_(2) reduction.Homogeneous molecular catalysts,possessing definite crystal structures,are desirable to study the relationship between catalytic performance and coordination microenvironment around catalytic center.In this report,we elaborately developed three Co(II)-based molecular catalysts with different coordination microenvironments for CO_(2) reduction,named[CoN_(3)O]ClO_(4),[CoN_(4)]ClO_(4),and[CoN_(3)S]ClO_(4),respectively.The optimal[CoN_(3)O]ClO_(4) photocatalyst has a maximum TON of 5652 in photocatalytic reduced CO_(2) reduction,which is 1.28 and 1.65 times greater than that of[CoN_(4)]ClO_(4) and[CoN_(3)S]ClO_(4),respectively.The high electronegativity of oxygen in L1(N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)amine)provides the Co(II)catalytic centers with low reduction potentials and a more stable*COOH intermediate,which facilitates the CO_(2)-to-CO conversion and accounts for the high photocatalytic activity of[CoN_(3)O]ClO_(4).This work provides researchers new insights in development of catalysts for photocatalytic CO_(2) reduction.
