{"id":1311,"date":"2026-03-20T09:52:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:52:50","slug":"biologically-derived-melanin-electrodes-in-aqueous-sodium-ion-energy-storage-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=1311","title":{"rendered":"Biologically derived melanin electrodes in aqueous sodium-ion energy storage devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>DOI:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1314345110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1073\/pnas.1314345110<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Authors:<\/h4>\n<p>Young Jo Kim, Wei Wu, Sang\u2010Eun Chun, Jay Whitacre, Christopher J. Bettinger<\/p>\n<h4>Abstract:<\/h4>\n<p>Significance Here we present important findings related to biologically derived pigments for potential use as battery electrodes. Namely, we report the synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of melanins as materials for use in aqueous sodium-ion batteries. We demonstrate the use of naturally occurring melanins as active electrode materials in charge storage devices. Furthermore, the performance of melanin anodes is comparable to many commonly available synthetic organic electrode materials. The structure\u2013property relationships that govern the storage capacity in melanin materials were also elucidated. These findings suggest that the unique chemistry and nanostructure in natural melanins increase the charge storage capacity compared with synthetic melanin analogues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOI: 10.1073\/pnas.1314345110 Authors: Young Jo Kim, Wei Wu, Sang\u2010Eun Chun, Jay Whitacre, Christopher J. Bettinger Abstract: Significance Here we present important findings related to biologically derived pigments for potential use as battery electrodes. Namely, we report the synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of melanins as materials for use in aqueous sodium-ion batteries. We demonstrate the use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vmp-3-potentiostat","tag-battery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}