“…For in -NiV-LDH/NF, as indicated in Fig. 4 (a), two strong peaks located at 856.06 and 873.64 eV belong to the typical features of Ni 2 p , accompanied by a spin energy separation of ~17.6 eV between them [31] , corresponding to the spin-orbit splitting of Ni 2 p orbital containing Ni 2 p 3/2 and Ni 2 p 1/2 respectively, together with two vibration satellite peaks at 862.06 eV and 879.91 eV [32] . It is noticeable that the XPS spectra of Ni 2 p in ex -NiV-LDH/NF show the identical characteristic as in -NiV-LDH/NF ( Fig.…”