Two series of complexes [MX(diimine)(CO) 3 ] (M = Tc, Re) have been prepared, fully characterised and investigated for their ability to act as photocatalysts for the reduction of CO 2 to CO. One series consists of complexes with different aromatic diimine ligands while keeping X = Br -constant. The second series describes complexes with diimine = 2,2-bipyridine and variations in the anionic ligand X -. Although numerous complexes of this type have been prepared and investigated before, a systematic study of their photocatalytic activity has not yet been carried out. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterisation of these complexes has been performed with the objective of better understanding their respective activity in the photocatalytic CO 2 reduction. Despite various modifications, catalytic activity is retained