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Extreme biomimetics: A carbonized 3D spongin scaffold as a novel support for nanostructured manganese oxide(IV) and its electrochemical applications

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Composites containing biological materials with nanostructured architecture have become of great interest in modern materials science, yielding both interesting chemical properties and inspiration for biomimetic research. Herein, we describe the preparation of a novel 3D nanostructured MnO2-based composite developed using a carbonized proteinaceous spongin template by an extreme biomimetics approach. The thermal stability of the spongin-based scaffold facilitated the formation of both carbonized material (at 650 °C with exclusion of oxygen) and manganese oxide with a defined nanoscale structure under 150 °C. Remarkably, the unique network of spongin fibers was maintained after pyrolysis and hydrothermal processing, yielding a novel porous support. The MnO2-spongin composite shows a bimodal pore distribution, with macropores originating from the spongin network and mesopores from the nanostructured oxidic coating. Interestingly, the composites also showed improved electrochemical properties compared to those of MnO2. Voltammetry cycling demonstrated the good stability of the material over more than 3,000 charging/discharging cycles. Additionally, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed lower charge transfer resistance in the prepared materials. We demonstrate the potential of extreme biomimetics for developing a new generation of nanostructured materials with 3D centimeter-scale architecture for the storage and conversion of energy generated from renewable natural sources.

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This work was supported by the Poznan University of Technology (Poland), Research Grant No. 03/32/DSPB/ 0706/2017 to T. Szatkowski, M. Wysokowski, and T. Jesionowski; the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant No. 03/31/DSBP/0337 to K. Kopczyński, M. Graś and G. Lota; and the German Research Foundation (DFG) Grant HE 394-3 as well as the BHMZ Erich- Krueger-Foundation to H. Ehrlich. M. Wysokowski is supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP)- START 097.2017.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, 60965, Poland

    Tomasz Szatkowski, Beata Mania, Marcin Wysokowski, Sonia Żółtowska-Aksamitowska & Teofil Jesionowski

  2. Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, 60965, Poland

    Kacper Kopczyński, Małgorzata Graś & Grzegorz Lota

  3. Institute of Materials Science, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, 09599, Germany

    Mykhailo Motylenko & David Rafaja

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    Horst Borrmann

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    Vasilii V. Bazhenov, Friedrich Roth, Juliane Weise, Iaroslav Petrenko, Serguei L. Molodtsov & Hermann Ehrlich

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    Vasilii V. Bazhenov & Serguei L. Molodtsov

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    Enrico Langer

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    Serguei L. Molodtsov

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    Jana Hubálková & Christos G. Aneziris

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  11. Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical School, Durham, North Carolina, 27708, USA

    Allison L. Stelling

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Extreme biomimetics: A carbonized 3D spongin scaffold as a novel support for nanostructured manganese oxide(IV)and its electrochemical applications

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Szatkowski, T., Kopczyński, K., Motylenko, M. et al. Extreme biomimetics: A carbonized 3D spongin scaffold as a novel support for nanostructured manganese oxide(IV) and its electrochemical applications. Nano Res. 11, 4199–4214 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2008-x

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