As a mussel-inspired material, polydopamine (PDA), possesses many properties, such as a
simple preparation process, good biocompatibility, strong adhesive property, easy …

In recent years, both natural melanin and their synthetic analogs have attracted increasing
attention as an emerging class of bioinspired supercapacitor materials, due to their rich …

Polyphenols, the ubiquitous secondary metabolites of plants, are an important part of human
diet and are essential for plant functions. They have attracted considerable interest due to …

Sustainable sources of energy have been identified as a possible way out of today's oil
dependency and are being rapidly developed. In contrast, storage of energy to a large …

Wood is a sustainable and renewable material that naturally has a hierarchical structure.
Cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin are the three main components of wood. The unique …

The liable interfacial delamination of carbon fiber composites is a long-lasting problem that
restricts its widely application. One promising route is to hybridize fiber with nano-particles …

Rapid industrial development is responsible for severe problems related to environmental
pollution. Many human and industrial activities require different metals and, as a result, great …

The significant progress in efforts to design hydrogel adhesive mimicking mussels' functions
has been witnessed in recent years. However, it is still an arduous challenge to fabricate self …

This work reports a facile method to prepare N-doped carbon sheets that are uniformly
coated on the surface of CoNiO2@ activated textile carbon (CS-CoNi@ aTC). We used …

Biosourced and biodegradable organic electrode materials respond to the need for
sustainable storage of renewable energy. Here, we report on electrochemical capacitors …