Toward Combined Carbon Capture and Recycling: Addition of an Amine Alters Product Selectivity from CO to Formic Acid in Manganese Catalyzed Reduction of CO2.
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ABSTRACT: Owing to the energetic cost associated with CO2 release in carbon capture (CC), the combination of carbon capture and recycling (CCR) is an emerging area of research. In this approach, "captured CO2," typically generated by addition of amines, serves as a substrate for subsequent reduction. Herein, we report that the reduction of CO2 in the presence of morpholine (generating mixtures of the corresponding carbamate and carbamic acid) with a well-established Mn electrocatalyst changes the product selectivity from CO to H2 and formate. The change in selectivity is attributed to in situ generation of the morpholinium carbamic acid, which is sufficiently acidic to protonate the reduced Mn species and generate an intermediate Mn hydride. Thermod
SUBMITTER: Bhattacharya M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584391 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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