A Multifunctional Protein Coating for Self-Assembled Porous Nanostructured Electrodes.

ABSTRACT: Creation of three-dimensional (3D) porous nanostructured electrodes with controlled conductive pathways for both ions and electrons is becoming an increasingly important strategy and is particularly of great interest for the development of high-performance energy storage devices. In this article, we report a facile and environmentally friendly self-assembly approach to fabricating advanced 3D nanostructured electrodes. The self-assembly is simply realized via formation of a multifunctional protein coating on the surface of electrode nanoparticles by using a denatured soy protein derived from the abundantly prevalent soybean plant. It is found that the denatured protein coating plays three roles simultaneously: as a surfactant for the dispersion of electrode nanoparticles, an ion-conductive

SUBMITTER: Fu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641125 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature