Engineering Cu/NiCu LDH Heterostructure Nanosheet Arrays for Highly-Efficient Water Oxidation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material and Reagents
2.2. Synthesis of the Cu-NiCu and NiCu LDH Nanosheets
2.3. Characterization
2.4. Electrochemical Measurement Method
2.5. DFT Calculation
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, A.-B.; Zhang, X.; Xu, H.-J.; Gao, L.-J.; Li, L.; Cao, R.; Hao, Q.-Y. Engineering Cu/NiCu LDH Heterostructure Nanosheet Arrays for Highly-Efficient Water Oxidation. Materials 2023, 16, 3372. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16093372
Wang A-B, Zhang X, Xu H-J, Gao L-J, Li L, Cao R, Hao Q-Y. Engineering Cu/NiCu LDH Heterostructure Nanosheet Arrays for Highly-Efficient Water Oxidation. Materials. 2023; 16(9):3372. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16093372
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Ao-Bing, Xin Zhang, Hui-Juan Xu, Li-Jun Gao, Li Li, Rui Cao, and Qiu-Yan Hao. 2023. "Engineering Cu/NiCu LDH Heterostructure Nanosheet Arrays for Highly-Efficient Water Oxidation" Materials 16, no. 9: 3372. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16093372