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Rui Gao1, Jia Zhu, Dongpeng Yan
1Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China. yandp@bnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The conversion of solar energy into usable chemical fuels, such as hydrogen gas, via photo(electro)chemical water splitting is a promising approach for creating a carbon neutral energy ecosystem. The deployment of this technology industrially and at scale requires photoelectrodes that are highly active, cost-effective, and stable. To create these new photoelectrodes, transition metal-based electrocatalysts have been proposed as potential cocatalysts for improving the performance of water splitting catalysts. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are a class of clays with brucite like layers and intercalated anions. Transition metal-based LDHs are increasingly popular in the field of photo(electro)chemical water splitting due to their unique physicochemical properties. This article aims to review recent advances in transition metal-based LDHs for photo(electro)chemical water splitting. This article provides a brief overview of the research in a format approachable for the general scientific audience. Specifically, this review examines the following areas: (i) routes for synthesis of transition metal-based LDHs, (ii) recent developments in transition metal-based LDHs for photo(electro)chemical water splitting, and (iii) an overview of the structure-property relationships therein.
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