Chirality Engineering in Layered Metal Hydroxides for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution and Reaction Mechanism Revelation

Key Points

• The aim is to develop chiral nanomaterials that improve electrocatalytic activities and understand their mechanisms.
• Synthesis of chiral layered metal hydroxides
• Evaluation of electrocatalytic activities for oxygen evolution
• Analysis of the structure-activity relationship
• Chiral metal hydroxides exhibit significantly enhanced catalytic performance.
• A clear relationship exists between chirality and electrocatalytic efficiency.
• Mechanistic insights into the reaction pathways were revealed.