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Cover Feature: New Photosensitizers Based on Heteroleptic Cu I Complexes and CO 2 Photocatalytic Reduction with [Ni II (cyclam)]Cl 2 (Chem. Eur. J. 44/2020)
Author(s) -
Gracia LisaLou,
Luci Luisa,
Bruschi Cecilia,
Sambri Letizia,
Weis Patrick,
Fuhr Olaf,
Bizzarri Claudia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202003350
Subject(s) - cyclam , photocatalysis , chemistry , catalysis , metal , photochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
A fully earth‐abundant system for the photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 is described. The combination of new heteroleptic Cu I complexes as photosensitizers with a known Ni catalyst showed the selective formation of CO, with comparable yields to some noble‐metal systems. Chemistry enables the cooperation with Sun, providing clean energy, and Earth offering abundant Cu and Ni, for the transformation of the greenhouse gas CO 2 into value‐added chemicals. The new Cu I photosensitizers show new perspectives for the development of more efficient and sustainable systems. More information can be found in the Full Paper by C. Bizzarri et al. on page 9929.