NOVELTY - Layered titanate comprises chemically bound anion-free hydrazine intercalated in the interlayer space of the titanate layers.    USE - The layered titanates is useful as a carrier for supplying hydrazine in direct hydrazine fuel cells; as matrices for carrying out inorganic, organic and bioorganic syntheses, where bound hydrazine is used as an active constituent; as an ion-exchange material; as a reductive sorbent for the recovery of noble metals from industrial solutions; as a reductant for the reduction of uranium (U), plutonium (Pu), neptunium (Np) and technetium (Tc) in spent nuclear fuel; as a precursor for the synthesis of nanocrystalline titanates; as a catalyst, including a photocatalyst, and/or as a precursor for producing a catalyst; as a precursor for the preparation of titanium dioxide, including doped titanium dioxide; as a precursor for the preparation of friction materials based on layered titanates; and as a precursor for the preparation of composite nano-materials, including TiO2-Se nano-composites for Hg vapor scavenging (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The layered titanates can be efficiently used as solid state source for chemically bound hydrazine, and can be used in industrial applications similar to pure hydrazine but with the great advantage of having much higher stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Layered titanate with the chemical formula: kN2H4.mA1-2O.(Ti1-qMq)(O2-wOHxFy)2-z.nH2O, comprises chemically bound anion-free hydrazine intercalated in the interlayer space of the titanate layers.    k, m, q, w, x, y and z=coefficients ranging from 0.01-0.5;    n=an integer, where 0 less than or equal to n less than or equal to 5;    A=at least one cation having a valence of 1-3; and    M=at least one metal having a valence of 1-7.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is a method for the production of layered titanate, comprising: preparing an aqueous solution comprising: (a) a compound comprising titanium or titanyl ((TiO)2+) as a source of titanium, where in the titanium concentration of the aqueous solution is in the range of 0.01-6 mole/l, (b) a complex forming ion forming stable complex ions with titanium; preparing a alkaline solution comprising hydrazine (N2H4), hydrazine hydrate (N2H4.H2O) or an aqueous solution containing hydrazine or salts of hydrazine in any soluble form, where the hydrazine concentration of the alkaline solution is in the range of 0.1-30.5 mole per liter; mixing the aqueous solution with the alkaline solution; and heating the mixture to boiling temperature followed by boiling for between 0.1 minutes and 30 days or placing the mixture into an autoclave and perform treatment under hydrothermal conditions with a temperature in the range of 110-300 degrees C for 1 minute and 30 days.