Molecular engineering of metalloporphyrins and phthalocyanines for homogeneous and heterogeneous CO₂ electroreduction
Abstract
This review provides an overview of recent advances in CO₂ electrocatalysis, starting with the development of homogeneous electrocatalytic systems. We focused on porphyrin and phthalocyanine based molecular catalysts where different chemical strategies have been implemented drawing inspiration from natural enzyme systems that process CO₂, such as hydrogen bonding, proton relay, bimetallic cooperative action, electrostatic interactions and structural dynamics to help enhancing the selectivity and efficiency of electrochemical CO₂ reduction. The discussion then expands to heterogeneous processes in traditional H-cells, and more relevant flow-cell setups integrated with gas diffusion electrodes. A special focus is given to the growing trend of hybrid molecular-metallic co-catalyst systems, which are driving significant progress in heterogeneous CO₂ electrocatalysis
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BibTeX
@article{santra2026molecular,
title = {{Molecular engineering of metalloporphyrins and phthalocyanines for homogeneous and heterogeneous CO₂ electroreduction}},
author = {Aakash Santra and Arnab Ghatak and Zhiyuan Chen and Jing Shen and Joost Helsen and Yuvraj Birdja and Ally Aukauloo and Chanjuan Zhang},
journal = {Chemical Science},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1039/d5sc07983g},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05740803v1},
note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Molecular engineering of metalloporphyrins and phthalocyanines for homogeneous and heterogeneous CO₂ electroreduction
AU - Aakash Santra
AU - Arnab Ghatak
AU - Zhiyuan Chen
AU - Jing Shen
AU - Joost Helsen
AU - Yuvraj Birdja
AU - Ally Aukauloo
AU - Chanjuan Zhang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/07
JO - Chemical Science
DO - 10.1039/d5sc07983g
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05740803v1
AB - This review provides an overview of recent advances in CO₂ electrocatalysis, starting with the development of homogeneous electrocatalytic systems. We focused on porphyrin and phthalocyanine based molecular catalysts where different chemical strategies have been implemented drawing inspiration from natural enzyme systems that process CO₂, such as hydrogen bonding, proton relay, bimetallic cooperative action, electrostatic interactions and structural dynamics to help enhancing the selectivity and efficiency of electrochemical CO₂ reduction. The discussion then expands to heterogeneous processes in traditional H-cells, and more relevant flow-cell setups integrated with gas diffusion electrodes. A special focus is given to the growing trend of hybrid molecular-metallic co-catalyst systems, which are driving significant progress in heterogeneous CO₂ electrocatalysis
SN - 2041-6520
SN - 2041-6539
ER -