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Wiley, ChemSusChem, 9(14), p. 2126-2132, 2021

DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100176

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Enlarging the π‐Conjugation of Cobalt Porphyrin for Highly Active and Selective CO<sub>2</sub>Electroreduction

Journal article published in 2021 by Shuo Dou, Libo Sun, Shibo Xi ORCID, Xiaogang Li, Tan Su, Hong Jin Fan, Xin Wang ORCID
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Abstract

AbstractHeterogeneous molecular catalysts have attracted considerable attention as carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) electrocatalysts. The π‐electron system of conjugated ligands in molecular catalysts may play an important role in determining the activity. In this work, by enlarging π‐conjugation through appending more aromatic substituents on the porphyrin ligand, altered π‐electron system endows the as‐prepared 5,10,15,20‐tetrakis(4‐(pyren‐1‐yl)phenyl)porphyrin CoIIwith high Faradaic efficiency (ca. 95 %) for CO production, as well as high turnover frequency (2.1 s−1at −0.6 V vs. RHE). Density functional theory calculation further suggests that the improved electrocatalytic performance mainly originates from the higher proportion of Coorbital and the CO2π* orbital in the HOMO of the (Co−porphyrin−CO2)intermediate with larger π‐conjugation, which facilitates the CO2activation. This work provides strong evidence that π‐conjugation perturbation is effective in boosting the CO2RR.