Biologically derived melanin electrodes in aqueous sodium-ion energy storage devices

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 52, 2013, Pages 20912-20917

  Kim, Young Jo ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Chun, Sang Eun ^b   Whitacre, Jay F ^a,c   Bettinger, Christopher J ^a,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery; Biomaterial; Biopolymer; Organic electronics

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; SODIUM ION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CUTTLEFISH; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ISOTHERM; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84891349407     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314345110     Document Type: Article

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