Issue 20, 2020

Superactive NiFe-LDH/graphene nanocomposites as competent catalysts for water splitting reactions

Abstract

NiFe-LDH has been recognized as the most efficient and cost-effective material for wider applications in electrocatalytic, photoelectrocatalytic, and photocatalytic water splitting, with supercapacitors and adsorbents, owing to their inimitable physicochemical properties. It is well known that standalone NiFe-LDH executes poor electrical conductivity, sluggish mass transfer, and low activity, which put a question mark on their catalytic efficiency and other applications that require superior electrical conductivity and exciton pair separation efficiency. Most importantly, this constraint creates a hindrance to their superior performance in the area of electrocatalytic and photochemical water splitting. To avoid these shortcomings, the coupled structure of NiFe-LDH/graphene has the potential to reflect properties of both NiFe-LDHs and conductive graphene, which completely overcome the shortcomings of counterparts, ensuring better performance and stability. This review aims to summarize the structural impact of NiFe-LDHs, with the interfacial role of graphene/graphene oxide (GO) by establishing a relationship between their structure and activity. Moreover, the emphasis has been laid on the latest development in NiFe-LDH/GO-based materials, along with attention to synthetic methods targeting the creation of a hierarchal porous nature in the materials with different growth approaches to NiFe-LDH on graphene for applications in electrocatalytic, photoelectrocatalytic, and photocatalytic water splitting activities. The latest research and development in this field using NiFe-LDH/graphene with a sensible intermixing of active sites and conductive framework is explored.

Graphical abstract: Superactive NiFe-LDH/graphene nanocomposites as competent catalysts for water splitting reactions

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
16 Jun 2020
Accepted
19 Aug 2020
First published
03 Sep 2020

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020,7, 3805-3836

Superactive NiFe-LDH/graphene nanocomposites as competent catalysts for water splitting reactions

S. Nayak and K. Parida, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 3805 DOI: 10.1039/D0QI00700E

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