Pyridine-functionalized polymeric catalysts for CO2-reduction [electronic resource] / Melanie Weichselbaumer ; foreword by Dr. Elisa Tordin, DI Stefanie Schlager and o.Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. DDr. h.c. N.S. Sariciftci.

Foreword; Acknowledgement; Abstract; Zusammenfassung; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Carbon Dioxide: a Greenhouse Gas; 1.3 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS); 1.3.1 Carbon Dioxide Separation; 1.3.2 Carbon Dioxide Transport; 1.3.3 Carbon Storage; 1.4 Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) or Carbon Diox-ide Recycling; 1.4.1 Biological Conversion; 1.4.2 Photochemical Conversion; 1.4.3 Electrochemical Reduction; 2 Experimental; 2.1 Apparatus; 2.2 Materials; 2.3 Setup for Electropolymerization; 2.4 Setup for Electrolysis; 2.5 Calculation of the halfway-potential

3 Results and Discussion3.1 Chemical Synthesis; 3.1.1 Synthesis of 3-(6-bromohexyl)thiophene; 3.1.2 Synthesis of 4-(3-thienylheptyl)pyridine; 3.1.3 Synthesis of 4-Methyl-4'-(3-thienylheptyl)2,2'-bipyridine; 3.1.4 Synthesis of [Re(4-Methyl-4'-(7-(3-thienyl)heptyl)-2,2'-bipyridinyl)(CO)3Cl]; 3.2 Electropolymerization; 3.2.1 Electropolymerization of Pyridine functionalized poly(thiophene) (PP1); 3.2.2 Electropolymerization of 4-Methyl-4'-(7-(3-thienyl)heptyl)-2,2'bipyridine; 3.2.3 Electropolymerization of Rhenium-bipyridine complex function-alized thiophene (RBPP2)

3.3 Characterization of the polymeric films3.3.1 Characterization of PP1 film in acetonitrile; 3.3.2 Characterization of PP1 film in 0.5 M KCl; 3.3.3 Characterization of RBPP1 film in propylen carbonate; 3.3.4 Characterization of RBPP2 film; 3.4 Electrolysis; 3.4.1 Electrolysis of PP1 film in acidified 0.1 M TBAPF6 acetonitrile solution; 3.4.2 Electrolysis of PP1 film in 0.5 M water KCl solution; 3.4.3 Electrolysis of RBPP2 film in 0.1 M TBAPF6 in acetonitrile; 4 Conclusion; 5 Appendix; 6 Bibliography ; References