Sze Koon Lee, Mio Kondo, Go Nakamura, Masaya Okamura and Shigeyuki Masaoka
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 6915-6918
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC02150C,
Communication
A Ru polypyridyl complex containing a phosphine donor promoted electrocatalytic CO2 reduction at a low overpotential. Mechanistic investigations revealed that the introduction of a phosphine donor at the trans position to the labile ligand is the key to reduce the overpotential for CO2 reduction.