Graphene oxide grafted with iridium complex as a superior heterogeneous catalyst for chemical fixation of carbon dioxide to dimethylformamide

Subodh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Arghya Deb, Debabrata Maiti, Suman L. Jain

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Abstract

A novel graphene oxide (GO)-immobilized heteroleptic iridium complex was synthesized and demonstrated as a first heterogenized homogeneous catalyst for the production of dimethylformamide (DMF) from carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and dimethylamine. The synthesized hybrid catalyst showed comparable activity as homogeneous heteroleptic iridium complex with additional benefits such as facile recovery and recycling of the catalyst. After completion of the reaction, the heterogeneous catalyst was easily recovered by filtration, and reused for subsequent recycling processes without any significant change in the catalytic efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)632-640
Number of pages9
JournalCarbon
Volume100
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

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Funding

We are thankful to the director of CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, for granting permission to publish the results. Pawan Kumar and Subodh Kumar acknowledge CSIR, New Delhi, for providing research fellowships. Department of Science and Technology (DST) ( GAP 3122 ), New Delhi, is kindly acknowledged for funding.

FundersFunder number
Department of Science and TechnologyGAP 3122
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

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