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Electrocatalytic C─N coupling through the coreduction of NOx and inorganic/organic carbon sources offers a sustainable route to value-added organonitrogen compounds, yet it remains constrained by four generic challenges: energetic barriers, kinetic mismatch, selectivity loss, and system-level limitations. Through the lens of these four challenges, this review highlights the recent research on dual-site catalysts for electrocatalytic C─N coupling reactions. This review discusses how cooperative dual centers can promote substrate activation, regulate intermediate reaction kinetics, suppress competing pathways, and improve catalytic performance under system-level constraints. Furthermore, we outline emerging methodologies for further design optimization based on dual-site catalysts and point to future directions that extend beyond the design of dual-site catalysts.
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ChemElectroChem is aimed to become a top-ranking electrochemistry journal for primary research papers and critical secondary information from authors across the world. The journal covers the entire scope of pure and applied electrochemistry, the latter encompassing (among others) energy applications, electrochemistry at interfaces (including surfaces), photoelectrochemistry and bioelectrochemistry.
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