• 文献标题:   Carbon aerogels based on regenerated silk proteins and graphene oxide for supercapacitors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YUN YS, CHO SY, JIN HJ
  • 作者关键词:   silk, graphene oxide, aerogel, supercapacitor, hybrid, carbonization
  • 出版物名称:   MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1598-5032 EI 2092-7673
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inha Univ
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1007/s13233-014-2071-4
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Carbon aerogels based on regenerated silk proteins and graphene oxide (GO) were prepared by a flash freezing/lyophilization process followed by carbonization. Hydrophilic blocks of ampiphilic silk proteins showed strong interactions with the oxygen functional groups of GO through intermolecular hydrogen bonds, resulting in silk-protein-coated GO nanoplates. The silk-protein-coated GO nanoplates were assembled into 3D cryogels by the gelation of the silk proteins after a flash freezing/lyophilization process. The cryogels based on GO and silk proteins, which contained numerous nitrogen heteroatoms, were successfully transformed to carbon aerogels after crystallization by a methanol treatment. Consequently, the nitrogen-enriched carbon aerogels exhibited a high capacitance of 298 F/g because of significant contributions from the pseudocapacitive effects. A specific energy of 63 W h/kg, specific power of 20 kW/kg, and stable cycle life of over 5,000 cycles were achieved.