This PhD takes place in the general context of possible solutions to global warming and peak oil issues. It mostly deals with the study and development of molecular electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction. This process may open the way to the use and valorization of CO2 as a raw material. In the first part, a metallocavitand, which structure is based on a calix[4]arene modified by four phenanthroline tris-carbonyl rhenium(I) complexes, was studied in solution and deposited on a conductive transparent surface. The aim of this study was to control through an electrochemical stimulus the closing and opening of the wide rim of the cavitand. Complexity of the redox properties of the metallocavitand led us to investigate in detail the elect...