Pawan Kumar, Amit Bansiwal, Nitin Labhsetwar and Suman L. Jain
Green Chem., 2015,17, 1605-1609
DOI:
10.1039/C4GC01400F,
Paper
A new heteroleptic ruthenium complex containing 2-thiophenyl benzimidazole ligands was synthesized using a microwave technique and was immobilized to graphene oxide via covalent attachment. The synthesized catalyst was used for the photoreduction of carbon dioxide under visible light irradiation without using a sacrificial agent, which gave 2050 μmol g−1 cat methanol after 24 h of irradiation