Piezoelectricity of layered double hydroxides: perspectives regarding piezocatalysis and nanogenerators

• Evgeniy S. Seliverstov,
• Evgeniya A. Tarasenko and
• Olga E. Lebedeva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1812–1817, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.124

• conversion devices has positioned layered double hydroxides (LDHs) as promising candidates among the other two-dimensional materials. With their unique flexible layered structure, LDHs hold great potential for piezocatalysis and powering smart wearable electronics. Despite their promise, this area of study

• to the development of next-generation high-performance piezoelectric devices. Keywords: layered double hydroxides; nanogenerators; piezocatalysis; piezoelectricity; Introduction Given the ever-increasing global need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, finding other ways to generate energy from

• evidence to unambiguously confirm the formation of a Ni/Co-LDH phase. Piezocatalysis A large part of the published studies of piezoelectric properties of LDHs and combined materials based on them are focused not so much on the piezoelectric effect itself as on its application in piezocatalysis. This