Unveiling the mechanism of the photocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>to formate promoted by porphyrinic Zr-based metal–organic frameworks
Youven Benseghir, Albert Solé‐Daura, Daniel R. Cairnie, Amanda Robinson, Mathis Duguet, Pierre Mialane, Priyanka Gairola, María Gómez-Mingot, Marc Fontecave, Diana A. Iovan, Brittany L. Bonnett, Amanda J. Morris, Anne Dolbecq, Caroline Mellot‐Draznieks
Abstract
A complete picture of the reaction mechanism driving the photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 into formate promoted by the Zr-based porphyrinic MOF-545 in CH 3 CN/TEOA solutions is provided for the first time by combining experimental and computational approaches.
Topics & Concepts
FormatePhotocatalysisMetal-organic frameworkReduction (mathematics)Mechanism (biology)ChemistryPhotochemistryReaction mechanismCombinatorial chemistryCatalysisInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryMathematicsPhilosophyGeometryAdsorptionEpistemologyMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis