Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction

HS Shafaat, JY Yang - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 into useful fuels and chemical feedstocks offers great
promise for conversion to a carbon-neutral economy. However, challenges in product …

Enabling storage and utilization of low-carbon electricity: power to formic acid

S Chatterjee, I Dutta, Y Lum, Z Lai… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Formic acid has been proposed as a hydrogen energy carrier because of its many desirable
properties, such as low toxicity and flammability, and a high volumetric hydrogen storage …

Proton-coupled electron transfer guidelines, fair and square

R Tyburski, T Liu, SD Glover… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions are fundamental to energy transformation
reactions in natural and artificial systems and are increasingly recognized in areas such as …

Asymmetric Low-Frequency Pulsed Strategy Enables Ultralong CO2 Reduction Stability and Controllable Product Selectivity

XD Zhang, T Liu, C Liu, DS Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper-based catalysts are widely explored in electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR)
because of their ability to convert CO2 into high-value-added multicarbon products …

Activating the Fe(I) State of Iron Porphyrinoid with Second-Sphere Proton Transfer Residues for Selective Reduction of CO2 to HCOOH via Fe(III/II)–COOH …

S Amanullah, P Saha, A Dey - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ability to tune the selectivity of CO2 reduction by first-row transition metal-based
complexes via the inclusion of second-sphere effects heralds exciting and sought-after …

Energy-efficient CO2/CO interconversion by homogeneous copper-based molecular catalysts

S Guria, D Dolui, C Das, S Ghorai, V Vishal… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Facile conversion of CO2 to commercially viable carbon feedstocks offer a unique way to
adopt a net-zero carbon scenario. Synthetic CO2-reducing catalysts have rarely exhibited …

Reversible H2 oxidation and evolution by hydrogenase embedded in a redox polymer film

S Hardt, S Stapf, DT Filmon, JA Birrell, O Rüdiger… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Efficient electrocatalytic energy conversion requires devices to function reversibly, that is, to
deliver a substantial current at a minimal overpotential. Redox-active films can effectively …

Thermodynamic and kinetic hydricity of transition metal hydrides

KR Brereton, NE Smith, N Hazari… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The prevalence of transition metal-mediated hydride transfer reactions in chemical
synthesis, catalysis, and biology has inspired the development of methods for characterizing …

Reducing CO2 to HCO2 at Mild Potentials: Lessons from Formate Dehydrogenase

JY Yang, TA Kerr, XS Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The catalytic reduction of CO2 to HCO2–requires a formal transfer of a hydride (two
electrons, one proton). Synthetic approaches for inorganic molecular catalysts have …

Reversible catalysis

V Fourmond, N Plumeré, C Léger - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
We describe as 'reversible'a bidirectional catalyst that allows a reaction to proceed at a
significant rate in response to even a small departure from equilibrium, resulting in fast and …