Promoting Selective Generation of Formic Acid from CO Using Mn(bpy)(CO)Br as Electrocatalyst and Triethylamine/Isopropanol as Additives.

Urgent solutions are needed to efficiently convert the greenhouse gas CO into higher-value products. In this work, -Mn(bpy)(CO)Br (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) is employed as electrocatalyst in reductive CO conversion. It is shown that product selectivity can be shifted from CO toward HCOOH using appropriate additives, i.