Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Metal Hydroxides: From Synthesis to Electrode Applications
by
Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University
Inorganic–organic hybrid materials have attracted significant attention due to their designability, which arises from the combination of inorganic and organic components. Layered metal hydroxides are valuable materials that serve as catalysts, electrocatalysts, ion ex-changers, etc. Their surface hydroxy groups can be covalently modified with tripodal ligands, such as tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. This method relies on the structural matching be-tween the arrangement of surface hydroxy groups and the molecular structure of the modifier. Consequently, various constituent metals in the hydroxide layer and functional groups on the ligand can be utilised similarly. The surface modification enhances the intercalation ability of metal hydroxides and facilitates their exfoliation into nanosheets. These hybrid metal hydroxide nanosheets have been applied as self-repairing electrocatalysts and flexible mesoporous hydrogel electrodes for alkaline water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen, using the unique properties due to organic modifiers.
It is our pleasure to invite you to join the ISGS eSeminar for February 2025, which will be delivered by Professor Yoshiyuki Kuroda on Wednesday 19 February. Yoshiyuki joins us from the Yokohama National University in Japan and was the corresponding author on the paper which was awarded the Inaugural Sakka-Aegerter JSST Best Paper Award at the 2024 International Sol-Gel Conference in Berlin. Please click here and here to learn more about his research and career journey to date.
Date: Friday 21 February 2025
Format:
- ZOOM (eSeminar link), Meeting ID: 307 291 6432
- Passcode: #dz0m2Kp7W
Time:
- 06:00 – New York
- 08:00 – Brazil (São Paulo) and Argentina
- 11:00 – UTC
- 11:00 – UK, Portugal
- 12:00 – Central Europe, Sweden, Italy
- 13:00 – Romania, Israel, Eastern Europe, Ukraine
- 14:00 – Russia (Moscow, St Petersburg)
- 19:00 – China, Singapore, Malaysia
- 20:00 – Japan, Korea
- 01:00 – Australia (Queensland)
