Research data supporting 'Visible-light driven CO2 reduction by mesoporous carbon nitride modified with polymeric cobalt phthalocyanine'

The project describes developing new materials for visible light driven reduction of carbon dioxide with particular focus on employing earth-abundant elements. The hybrid material consists of carbon nitride as the photosensitizer and a bio-inspired cobalt-phthalocyanine polymer as the molecular co-catalyst. The photocatalytic performance of the material was tested in CO2-saturated organic solvent using triethanolamine as the sacrificial electron donor. The photocatalyst was characterized by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques and some of the raw characterzation data as well as the data from photocatalytic experiments are included with the manuscript.