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Published November 2015 | In Press + Accepted Version
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Organic reactions for the electrochemical and photochemical production of chemical fuels from CO_2 – The reduction chemistry of carboxylic acids and derivatives as bent CO_2 surrogates

Abstract

The present review covers organic transformations involved in the reduction of CO_2 to chemical fuels. In particular, we focus on reactions of CO_2 with organic molecules to yield carboxylic acid derivatives as a first step in CO_2 reduction reaction sequences. These biomimetic initial steps create opportunities for tandem electrochemical/chemical reductions. We draw parallels between long-standing knowledge of CO_2 reactivity from organic chemistry, organocatalysis, surface science and electrocatalysis. We point out some possible non-faradaic chemical reactions that may contribute to product distributions in the production of solar fuels from CO_2. These reactions may be accelerated by thermal effects such as resistive heating and illumination.

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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Received Date: 17 January 2015; Revised Date: 10 April 2015; Accepted Date: 16 April 2015; Available online 4 May 2015. This material is based upon work performed by the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, a DOE Energy Innovation Hub, supported through the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Award Number DE-SC0004993. The authors would like to thank Mr. Michael Lichterman, Ms. Maeghan Deegan, Dr. David K. Romney, Dr. David Lacy, Ms. Shannon Carpenter, Professors Carl Koval, Jonas Peters, T. Don Tilley, Clifford Kubiak and Nathan Lewis for useful discussions.

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