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Figure 1. (A) Mechanism for spin polarization inhibiting photoinduced carrier recombination[2]; (B) Illustration of the influence of the Lorentz force on the transport of photogenerated charge carriers[2]. Reproduced with permission from[2]. Copyright 2024 American Chemical Society; Photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance of Co3O4 (C) and Mn/Co3O4 (D) under external magnetic field (from 0 to 300 mT), catalyst: 5 mg, light intensity: 80 mW·cm-2[4]; (E) Photocatalytic CO2 methanation mechanism of Mn/Co3O4[4]. Reproduced with permission from[4]. Copyright 2024 American Chemical Society; (F) Computed free energy profiles for CO2 photoreduction to CO on Co3O4 and Co3-xO4, comparing results with and without incorporating spin polarization in the calculations[2]. Reproduced with permission from[2]. Copyright 2024 American Chemical Society; (G) MCD spectra measured under parallel (solid lines) and antiparallel (dashed lines) magnetic fields[5]. Reproduced with permission from[5]. Copyright 2023 Springer Nature. MCD: Magnetic circular dichroism; CB: conduction band; VB: valence band.
