Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide at a chemically modified electrode

Abstract

Electropolymd. ReL(CO)3Cl (I; L = 4-vinyl-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine), as a polymeric film on a Pt electrode, electrocatalytically reduced CO2 to CO with turnover nos. exceeding those obsd. for the analogous electrocatalytic redn. of CO2 by I (L = 2,2'-bipyridine) in homogeneous soln. [on SciFinder (R)]