title: Anomalous self-reduction of layered double hydroxide (LDH): from α-Ni(OH)2 to hexagonal close packing (HCP) Ni/NiO by annealing without a reductant.
abstract: The traditional concept that nickel layered double hydroxide (Ni LDH, also known as α-Ni(OH)2) converts to NiO after annealing has been taken without doubt and utilized to fabricate NiO for years. This work reports that an anomalous self-reduction phenomenon can occur for Ni LDH synthesized from an ionic liquid system.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. cdgu@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tu