Table 1 The results of photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO[a]

From: Stabilizing the excited states of organic phosphorescent photosensitizers via self-assembly for CO2 photoreduction

Group

Photo-sensitizers (μM)

BIH (mM) + TEA (mM)

CO (μmol)

H2 (μmol)

TONCO

TOFCO[b] (h−1)

SelCO[c] (%)

1

NPs-23k

10

18 + 0.3

26.50

1.51

1060

132.7

94.6

2

NPs-23k

20

18 + 0.3

51.02

2.77

2041

255.5

94.9

3

NPs-23k

20

36 + 0.6

33.13

1.94

1325

166.0

94.5

4

TPy

10

18 + 0.3

17.54

0.91

702

89.2

95.1

5

TPy

20

18 + 0.3

33.77

1.63

1351

171.7

95.4

  1. [a]In 5 mL CO2-saturated CH3CN/H2O (v/v = 4/1) solution with 5 μmol CAT under irradiation with a 300 W Xenon lamp (100 mw cm−2, λ > 400 nm, irradiation time: 18 h). [b]6 h, [c]SelCO = YCO / (YCO + \(y_{{{\rm{H}}}_{2}}\)) × 100%, YCO: yield of CO (μmol), \(y_{{{\rm{H}}}_{2}}\): yield of H2 (μmol).