Animal Silk-Derived Amorphous Carbon Fibers for Electricity Generation and Solar Steam Evaporation.

ABSTRACT: Animal silk-derived carbon materials are of interest to various applications, such as smart cloth and wearable sensors. However, it remains a challenge to massively transform silks into continuous carbon fibers. In this work, carbon fibers based on two kinds of animal silks, i.e., Bombyx mori (B. mori) silk and Antheraea pernyi (A. pernyi) silk, are prepared by using a large-scale-capable one-step heating process without any additives or activation process. These carbon fibers and yarns are electroconductive and mechanically robust. To expand the application of these carbonized silks, we further weaved them with cotton yarns to obtain composite fabrics with different textures and evaluated their performance for solar steam evaporation. Our results confirmed that

SUBMITTER: Qi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259506 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature