Frontispiece: Fighting Deactivation: Classical and Emerging Strategies for Efficient Stabilization of Molecular Electrocatalysts

Abstract

Through the power of electrochemical methods, the study of molecular electrocatalysts has proven a valuable tool to uncover mechanistic insights in catalytic transformations. This has been particularly true for energy storing transformations involving the movements of protons and electrons. Unfortunately, electrocatalysts can deactivate in bulk electrolysis conditions, diminishing the impact of the plethora of highly tuned molecular electrocatalytic systems. In their Minireview on page 3991 ff., N. Elgrishi et al. cover classical and emerging methods developed to avoid catalyst deactivation and degradation, with an emphasis on successes with molecular electrocatalysts.