Molecular electrocatalysis at soft interfacesContributed to the PCCP collection on Electrified Surface Chemistry, following the 1st Ertl Symposium on Electrochemistry and Catalysis, 11-14 April, 2010, Gwangju, South Korea

The fundamental aspects of electrochemistry at liquid-liquid interfaces are introduced to present the concept of molecular electrocatalysis. Here, a molecular catalyst is adsorbed at the interface to promote a proton coupled electron transfer reaction such as hydrogen evolution or oxygen reduction using lipophilic electron donors. A new insight into the electrocatalytic systems and proton-coupled electron transfer reactions at liquid-liquid interfaces.