Two-dimensional oxyhydroxide materials are proved to be a potential candidate for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Robust, efficient, and cost-effective electrocatalysts are critical to overcome the sluggish kinetics and high overpotential of OERs. Herein, a simple co-precipitation method followed by solvothermal treatment is used to synthesize Fe-doped alpha-CoOOH at higher pH under optimum conditions for OER. The alpha-Fe0.24Co0.76OOH/NF illustrates superior OER electrocatalytic performance and requires an overpotential of only 280 mV to produce a current density of 50 mA cm(-2) with excellent stability. The detailed analysis reveals that the exceptional OER performance originates from thin nanorods and partially due to the replacement of Fe in alpha-CoOOH. This work illustrates the presence of interlayer chloride ions through energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.