Carbon dioxide, although abundant, non-toxic, cheap and non- flammable, poses challenges in its serving as an attractive C1 feedstock owing to its inertness toward many of the chemicals. By envisaging an efficient catalyst and reactive substrate, CO2 could be successfully transformed into useful chemicals [1–5]. The reac- tions of carbon dioxide with oxiranes leading to the formation of five-membered cyclic carbonates are well-known examples of the chemical fixation of carbon dioxide [6–9], since the cyclic carbo- nates can be used for various purposes, such as for aprotic polar solvents, electrolytes for batteries, and starting materials for reac- tive polymer synthesis [6]. Among the various catalysts used for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and epox- ides [10–16], however, homogeneous catalyst systems suffer from problems such as separation of catalysts, low cost effectiveness of the catalyst synthesis process, and low reusability of the catalyst. Compared with homogeneous catalysts, heterogeneous catalysts could be easily separated and reused, but these catalysts have the following disadvantages: low catalytic activity and/or selectivity, low stability, and high-pressure requirement.