title: Rapid selective electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formate by an iridium pincer catalyst immobilized on carbon nanotube electrodes.
abstract: An iridium pincer dihydride catalyst was immobilized on carbon nanotube-coated gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) by using a non-covalent binding strategy. The as-prepared GDEs are efficient, selective, durable, gas permeable electrodes for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate. High turnover numbers (ca. 54,000) and turnover frequencies (ca. 15 s(-1)) were enabled by the novel electrode architecture in aqueous solutions saturated in CO2 with added HCO3(-).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (USA).
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brookhart
keywords: carbon dioxide; electrochemistry; formate; gas diffusion electrodes; iridium