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Atomically Defined Templates for Epitaxial Growth of Complex Oxide Thin Films
Published on: December 4, 2014
A templated electrosynthesis of macroporous NiAl layered double hydroxides thin films
Vanessa Prevot1, Claude Forano, Aicha Khenifi
1Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire des Matériaux Inorganiques, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. vanessa.prevot@univ-bpclermont.fr
Abstract:
Colloidal crystals of polystyrene (PS) beads self-assembled on Pt electrode were used as a sacrificial template to electrosynthesis thin films of macroporous Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH). Such nanostructured materials display a high internal surface area and porosity leading to enhanced electrochemical performance.

