Nickel(II)-cyclam: an extremely selective electrocatalyst for reduction of CO2 in water

1 January 1984

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 19,p. 1315-1316
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39840001315

Abstract

Co₂is electroreduced efficiently to CO on a mercury cathode, in the presence [Ni^II(Cyclam)]²⁺; even in pure water, the selectivity for reduction of CO₂vs. that of H₂O is huge.

Keywords

EXTREMELY
CYCLAM
NICKEL
HUGE
ELECTROREDUCED
CO2VS
NIII
EFFICIENTLY
CO2IS
MERCURY