Heterogeneous (photo)electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 and water into organic fuels is an attractive way to utilize renewable energy and material sources as well as to control greenhouse gas emissions. The activation of linear CO2 molecule into bent configuration, which is the first step in the CO2 reduction reaction, has the highest energetic barrier. A promising approach to reduce this barrier is  to employ organic co-catalysts including heterocyclic amines. In this work, we report the results on the electrochemical reduction of CO2 in aqueous solutions at Pt electrodes with help new pyridine-derived surfactant cocatalysts. We demonstrate that rendering surfactantcy to the molecular cocatalysts can give an additional degree of freedom in controlling the reaction efficiency.

New pyridine-derived surfactant cocatalysts for heterogeneous electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>

247th National Meeting (2014)

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New pyridine-derived surfactant cocatalysts for heterogeneous electrochemical reduction of CO2

New pyridine-derived surfactant cocatalysts for heterogeneous electrochemical reduction of CO₂