Anthropogenic CO₂ emissions, primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels, are driving climate change at an alarming rate. Our current dependence on carbon-based fuels has motivated research interest in the capture and catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide back to liquid fuels. Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide has been intensely researched over the past decade. Here, some of the important contributions made to this field over the past decade using the Group VII transition metal bipyridine catalysts are reviewed. Strategies to further our mechanistic understanding of the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to CO are described.

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VII族金属催化剂电化学还原CO ₂

主要来自化石燃料燃烧的人为CO ₂排放正以惊人的速度推动气候变化。我们当前对碳基燃料的依赖已经激发了对将二氧化碳捕集并催化还原为液体燃料的研究兴趣。在过去的十年中，对二氧化碳的电化学还原进行了深入的研究。在此，回顾了过去十年中使用Group族过渡金属联吡啶催化剂对该领域做出的一些重要贡献。描述了进一步使我们对将CO ₂电催化还原为CO的机械理解的策略。