Guotao Wang, Zi-Xi Zhang, Hao Chen, Yingxue Fu, Kaisong Xiang, Ermeng Han, Tun Wu, Qixia Bai, Pei-Yang Su, Zhujiang Wang, Die Liu, Fenghua Shen, Hui Liu, Zhilong Jiang, Jie Yuan, Yiming Li, Pingshan Wang
As electrocatalysts, molecular catalysts with large aromatic systems (such as terpyridine, porphyrin, or phthalocyanine) have been widely applied in the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR). However, these monomeric catalysts tend to aggregate due to strong π-π interactions, resulting in limited accessibility of the active site. In light of these challenges, we present a novel strategy of active site isolation for enhancing the CO2 RR. Six Ru(Tpy)2 were integrated into the skeleton of a metallo-organic supramolecule by stepwise self-assembly in order to form a rhombus-fused six-pointed star R1 with active site isolation...
April 12, 2024: Inorganic Chemistry