Mechanism of the formation of a Mn-based CO2 reduction catalyst revealed by pulse radiolysis with time-resolved infrared detection

…, JA Farrington, BH Layne, SV Lymar…

Index: Grills, David C.; Farrington, Jaime A.; Layne, Bobby H.; Lymar, Sergei V.; Mello, Barbara A.; Preses, Jack M.; Wishart, James F. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 , vol. 136, # 15 p. 5563 - 5566

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Abstract

Using a new technique, which combines pulse radiolysis with nanosecond time-resolved infrared (TRIR) spectroscopy in the condensed phase, we have conducted a detailed kinetic and mechanistic investigation of the formation of a Mn-based CO2 reduction electrocatalyst,[Mn (t Bu2-bpy)(CO) 3] 2 (t Bu2-bpy= 4, 4′-t Bu2-2, 2′-bipyridine), in acetonitrile. The use of TRIR allowed, for the first time, direct observation of all the ...