The invention belongs to the field of
new energy material synthesis and electro-
catalysis, and particularly relates to a chiral molecule
coupling layered
hydroxide catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof. The invention innovatively provides a synergistic strategy fusing chiral molecular
engineering and a bionic design principle to improve the
oxygen evolution performance of the
nickel-iron layered
hydroxide, a one-step hydrothermal method is adopted for preparation, controllable anchoring of chiral molecules between
layers of the
nickel-iron layered
hydroxide is realized, and the performance of the
nickel-iron layered hydroxide is improved. Chiral molecules with a
proton acceptor function are introduced into a NiFe-LDH interlayer; due to the steric hindrance and coordination characteristics of chiral molecules, regular growth of NiFe-LDH laminates can be disrupted, and more
lattice defects, edge sites and unsaturated coordination
metal centers are induced to be generated. The coordination effect of chiral molecules and
metal centers (Ni and Fe) can adjust the electronic state and valence state of
metal, so that the
reaction energy barrier is reduced, and the reaction
kinetics is accelerated.