The Chemistry Department presents:
"Cascade Catalysis in Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrate"
Abstract: This talk will present our research efforts in electrochemical reduction reactions of carbon dioxide and nitrate catalyzed by metal complexes supported on carbon nanotubes. We discovered the first molecular catalyst that can convert carbon dioxide to methanol in significant yield. The catalysis is a domino process via carbon monoxide and formaldehyde as intermediates. We further found that incorporating nitrate into this system can induce carbon-nitrogen coupling between two reaction intermediates, i.e. formaldehyde and hydroxylamine, along the reduction pathways of carbon dioxide and nitrate, yielding methylamine as the final product. These reactions may lead to applications in environmental remediation and sustainable synthesis.
Dr. Hailiang Wang
Yale University
Host: Dr. Jie He
Wednesday, March 23rd at 2:30pm
Join In-Person in CHEM A-203
Join via Webex: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/join/aaa21018
This seminar is free and open to all.
For more information, contact: Chemistry Department at 860-486-2012