Visible-light driven reduction of CO2 to formate by a water-soluble zinc porphyrin and formate dehydrogenase system with electron-mediated amino and carbamoyl group-modified viologen

Visible-light-driven CO₂ reduction to formate with a system consisting of water-soluble zinc porphyrin, formate dehydrogenase from Candida boidinii and 1-amino-1′-carbamoyl-4,4′-bipyridinium salt as an electron mediator in the presence of triethanolamine was developed.