Abstract
Solar fuels produced by electrocatalysis have a great potential to reduce the concentration of atmospheric CO2 and make the production of fuels and chemicals more sustainable. The composition of an electrocatalyst employed for the production of solar fuels is key, ideally the catalyst should be made of abundant elements that can be found anywhere in the world. In this sense, organic molecules composed of light elements such as C, H, O, N, P and S fulfill this requirement. In addition, the extensive advances in the field of organic synthesis make possible to study the active sites, tune them at molecular level, synthesize them and scale the process with ease. In recent years, a handful of nitrogenated heterocycles have been reported for water oxidation, hydrogen evolution and carbon dioxide reduction. Special interest exists in our group on the study of benzothiadiazole based electrocatalysts for reduction reactions due to their favorable redox properties and their affinity towards different chemical species (H+ and CO2) relevant for the production of solar fuels. In this talk we will present recent efforts of our group to employ benzothiadiazoles in reactions relevant for electrocatalytic production of fuels.
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