How Strain Tuning Boosts Performance: Slower Decay & Lower Barriers (IMAGE)
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Schematic illustrating the dual mechanism: (UP) Tensile strain enhances polaron formation and the resulting lattice distortion, creating a barrier that slows electron-hole recombination. (Down) Strain modifies the electronic structure, lowering the energy barrier (ΔG) for the critical step of *COOH formation from adsorbed CO2 (*CO2), facilitating the reaction.
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