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CO2 Reduction Reactions by Rhodium-Based Catalysts

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Reduction reactions of CO2 using chemicals obtained from renewable energy sources (as for example, dihydrogen obtained using renewable-issued electricity) or using directly renewable energy sources can contribute to store and use renewable energies in our current infrastructures. Rh-based catalysts have been playing a key role in the field of CO2 reduction. From its very first application as homogeneous catalyst to now, several Rh-based catalytic systems have been successfully tested. This chapter gives the reader an overview as well as a mechanistic insight where possible into the Rh-catalysed CO2 reduction reductions: production of formic acid and higher carboxylic acids with homogeneous catalysts, methane, CO and various oxygenated compounds via heterogeneous catalysis, and various products by means of electro- and photocatalysis.

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Acknowledgments

DB and EAQ gratefully acknowledge the SINCHEM Joint Doctorate program selected under the Erasmus Mundus Action 1 Program – FPA 2013–0037. EAQ acknowledges support from French CNRS, University Claude Bernard Lyon and CPE Lyon. DB thanks Fondazione “Toso Montanari” from Bologna (Italy).

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    Danilo Bonincontro & Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli

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Bonincontro, D., Quadrelli, E.A. (2016). CO2 Reduction Reactions by Rhodium-Based Catalysts. In: Claver, C. (eds) Rhodium Catalysis. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, vol 61. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/3418_2016_172

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