Transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ions
Although not the only greenhouse gas, CO2 is the poster child. Unsurprisingly, therefore, there is global interest across industrial and academic research in its removal and subsequent valorisation, including to methanol and its surrogates. Although difficult to study, the heterogenous pnictogens re...
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| author | van IJzendoorn, B Albawardi, SF Jobbins, WD Whitehead, GFS McGrady, JE Mehta, M |
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| description | Although not the only greenhouse gas, CO2 is the poster child. Unsurprisingly, therefore, there is global interest across industrial and academic research in its removal and subsequent valorisation, including to methanol and its surrogates. Although difficult to study, the heterogenous pnictogens represent one important category of catalytic materials for these conversions; their high crustal abundance and low cost offers advantages in terms of sustainability. Here, Zintl clusters based on these elements are studied as homogenous atom-precise models in CO2 reduction. A family of group 13 functionalized pnictogen clusters with the general formula [(R2E)Pn7]2– (E = B, Al, In; Pn = P, As) is synthesized and their catalytic competency in the reduction of CO2 probed. Trends in both turnover numbers and frequencies are compared across this series, and [(iBu2Al)P7]2– found to be very high-performing and recyclable. Electronic structures across the series are compared using density functional theory to provide mechanistic insights. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:56d93555-0d24-4461-9b34-9b05f60183b92024-11-28T20:03:39ZTransforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ionsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:56d93555-0d24-4461-9b34-9b05f60183b9EnglishJisc Publications RouterNature Research2024van IJzendoorn, BAlbawardi, SFJobbins, WDWhitehead, GFSMcGrady, JEMehta, MAlthough not the only greenhouse gas, CO2 is the poster child. Unsurprisingly, therefore, there is global interest across industrial and academic research in its removal and subsequent valorisation, including to methanol and its surrogates. Although difficult to study, the heterogenous pnictogens represent one important category of catalytic materials for these conversions; their high crustal abundance and low cost offers advantages in terms of sustainability. Here, Zintl clusters based on these elements are studied as homogenous atom-precise models in CO2 reduction. A family of group 13 functionalized pnictogen clusters with the general formula [(R2E)Pn7]2– (E = B, Al, In; Pn = P, As) is synthesized and their catalytic competency in the reduction of CO2 probed. Trends in both turnover numbers and frequencies are compared across this series, and [(iBu2Al)P7]2– found to be very high-performing and recyclable. Electronic structures across the series are compared using density functional theory to provide mechanistic insights. |
| spellingShingle | van IJzendoorn, B Albawardi, SF Jobbins, WD Whitehead, GFS McGrady, JE Mehta, M Transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ions |
| title | Transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ions |
| title_full | Transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ions |
| title_fullStr | Transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ions |
| title_short | Transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal-free Zintl ions |
| title_sort | transforming carbon dioxide into a methanol surrogate using modular transition metal free zintl ions |
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