Aqueous-phase synthesis of layered double hydroxide nanoplates as catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

Transition metal layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanomaterials have been considered as good catalytic materials for various applications; however, there has been a limit in the economic efficiency and convenience of the synthetic method. In this work, we report a facile aqueous-phase route to the synthesis of transition metal LDH nanoplates including Mn–Ni and Zn–Ni. Electrochemical characterization of the synthesized Mn–Ni LDHs with different intercalated halogen anions was carried out for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and a Tafel slope of about 80 mV per decade was obtained which is comparable to those of the previously reported LDH nanoplates.