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Precise regulation of intrinsic electronic structure of cocatalyst functional material for triggering photocatalyst activity at ultrafast-spatiotemporal atomic levels is crucial to liberate photocatalytic efficiency. Herein, gradient spin-state NiP as cocatalyst simultaneously including spin-electronic configurations of tetra- (Ni─(P)) and penta-coordination (Ni-(P)) is designed for amplifying InS polarization by spin-orbit coupling. So photo-generated e and h from the InS photocatalyst vectorially transfer to Ni 2p and In 3d as redox active sites with charge density enhanced to ≈9.48 and 8.52 folds and long lifetime up to 289% (180.39 ns). Observably, energetic chemical adsorption and activation for *H and *OH at Ni 2p and In 3d are completed through electron nimble transfer into the corresponding orbits, performing an activation energy for HO splitting down to ≈59%. Also, the gradient spin-polarized photocatalytic system with the two regulated electronic structures of NiP as cocatalyst presents a remarkable productivity for solar energy conversion into H of 7.32% at 75 °C under AM 1.5 G irradiation through *OH dehydrogenation and *H coupling paths, ranking in one of the best H-generation catalysts for photocatalytic HO overall splitting. This research first paves a novel path to completely unlock photocatalytic efficiency through regulating spin-electronic structures of cocatalysts.
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