The invention discloses a method for preparing two-dimensional single-layer
magnesium-aluminum layered double-
metal hydroxide nanosheets. The method comprises the following steps: (a) dissolving a
magnesium salt and an aluminum salt in
formamide, thereby forming a liquid A, wherein a
molar ratio of
magnesium ions in the
magnesium salt to aluminum ions in the aluminum salt is 2:1; (b) mixing a strong alkaline
hydroxide with the liquid A, thereby obtaining a colloidal mixed liquid, wherein the
molar ratio of the strong alkaline
hydroxide to the aluminum ions in the aluminum salt is (9-15):1; and (c) carrying out a
hydrothermal reaction on the colloidal mixed liquid obtained in the step (b), thereby obtaining the two-dimensional single-layer magnesium-aluminum layered double-
metal hydroxide nanosheets, wherein the two-dimensional single-layer magnesium-aluminum layered double-
metal hydroxide nanosheets are dispersed in the
solvent formamide, and forming the dispersion of the two-dimensional single-layer magnesium-aluminum layered double-
metal hydroxide nanosheets, wherein the temperature of the
hydrothermal reaction is 20-70 DEG C, and the reaction time is 2-72 hours. The method is low in cost, simple in preparation process, short in
production cycle and suitable for industrial production, and the
solvent can be recycled.