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American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis, 11(5), p. 6302-6309, 2015

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01767

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Fe-Porphyrin-Based Metal–Organic Framework Films as High-Surface Concentration, Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

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Abstract

Realization of heterogeneous electrochemical CO 2-to-fuel conversion via molecular catalysis under high-flux conditions requires the assembly of large quantities of reactant-accessible catalysts on conductive surfaces. As a proof of principle, we demonstrate that electrophoretic deposition of thin films of an appropriately chosen metal−organic framework (MOF) material is an effective method for immobilizing the needed quantity of catalyst. For electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction, we used a material that contains functionalized Fe-porphyrins as catalytically competent, redox-conductive linkers. The approach yields a high effective surface coverage of electrochemically addressable catalytic sites (∼10 15 sites/cm 2). The chemical products of the reduction, obtained with ∼100% Faradaic efficiency, are mixtures of CO and H 2. These results validate the strategy of using MOF chemistry to obtain porous, electrode-immobilized, networks of molecular catalysts having competency for energy-relevant electrochemical reactions.