Roberta R. Rodrigues

TL;DR: Treatment of dichlorophenylphosphine with two equivalents of carbonyl-decorated carbenes results in a two-electron reduction of the phosphorus centre concomitant with carbene oxidation to afford novel phosphaalkenes as confirmed via crystallographic, spectroscopic, and DFT analyses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions and found that highly selective catalysts can be transformed by these environmental choices into becoming highly selective for the opposite product while retaining high turnover numbers, highlighting the importance of carefully considering reaction conditions before ascribing catalyst selectivity to an inherent molecular design property.

TL;DR: Five ruthenium catalysts described herein facilitate self-sensitized carbon dioxide reduction to form carbon monoxide with a rutenium catalytic center to help reduce CO2 without an external photosensitizer.

TL;DR: The first example of a CNC pincer ligand with a central pyridinol ligand is reported in a nickel(ii) complex to switch on or off the photocatalytic performance towards CO2 reduction.

TL;DR: By designing a low-oxidation-potential organic dye (RR9)/redox shuttle (Fe(bpy)33+/2+ ) pair for dye-sensitized solar-cell (DSSC) devices, the highest single device photovoltage has been realized for a DSSC not relying on doped TiO2 .