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The development of bifunctional catalysts that can simplify catalytic steps, enhance efficiency, and reduce catalyst usage has become an important research area. In this study, we successfully synthesized two copper complexes with different geometries utilizing di(2-pyridyl) ketone as the ligand, [CuII2L2Cl2]\u00b70.5H2O (1) and [Cu4IIL4(OCH3)2](NO3)2 (2) (L = deprotonated methoxy-di-pyridin-2-yl-methanol), which can serve as homogeneous electrocatalysts for water oxidation and CO2 reduction simultaneously. The turnover frequency (TOF) of complexes 1 and 2 for electrocatalytic water oxidation are 7.23 s\u22121 and 0.31 s\u22121 under almost neutral condition (pH = 8.22), respectively. Meanwhile, the TOF of complexes 1 and 2 for the catalytic reduction of CO2 to CO are 4.27 s\u22121 and 8.9 s\u22121, respectively. In addition, both complexes remain essentially unchanged during the electrocatalytic water oxidation and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction processes, demonstrating good stability. Structural analysis reveals that the distinct catalytic efficiencies originate from their geometric configurations: the binuclear structure of complex 1 facilitates proton-coupled electron transfer during water oxidation, whereas the tetranuclear architecture of complex 2 enhances CO2 activation. Complexes 1 and 2 represent the first two copper molecular electrocatalysts capable of catalyzing both water oxidation and CO2 reduction. The findings in this work can open up new avenues for the advancement of artificial photosynthesis simulation and the development of bifunctional catalysts for water oxidation and CO2 reduction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules30071544","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,31]],"date-time":"2025-03-31T02:50:16Z","timestamp":1743389416000},"page":"1544","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Coupled with Water Oxidation by bi- and Tetranuclear Copper Complexes Based on di-2-pyridyl Ketone Ligand"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Siyuan","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tian","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenbo","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chengwen","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8747-4123","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4088","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467-021-24052-5","article-title":"Orbital coupling of hetero-diatomic nickel-iron site for bifunctional electrocatalysis of CO2 reduction and oxygen evolution","volume":"12","author":"Zeng","year":"2021","journal-title":"Nat. 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