Qu Long, Gou Qianzhi, Deng Jiangbin, Zheng Yujie, Li Meng
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, No. 20, East University Town Road, Shapingba District, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China.
MOE Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, CQU-NUS Renewable Energy Materials & Devices Joint Laboratory, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China.
Langmuir. 2024 Apr 2;40(13):6601-6611. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03679. Epub 2024 Mar 13.
The natural world renders a large number of opportunities to design intriguing structures and fascinating functions for innovations of advanced surfaces and interfaces. Currently, bioinspired interfaces have attracted much attention in practical applications of renewable energy storage and conversion devices including rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, and supercapacitors. By mimicking miscellaneous natural creatures, many novel bioinspired interfaces with various components, structures, morphology, and configurations are exerted on the devices' electrodes, electrolytes, additives, separators, and catalyst matrixes, resorting to their wonderful mechanical, optical, electrical, physical, chemical, and electrochemical features compared with the corresponding traditional modes. In this Perspective, the principles of designing bioinspired interfaces are discussed with respect to biomimetic chemical components, physical morphologies, biochemical reactions, and macrobiomimetic assembly configurations. A brief summary, subsequently, is mainly focused on the recent progress on bioinspired interfaces applied in key materials for rechargeable batteries. Ultimately, a critical comment is projected on significant opportunities and challenges existing in the future development course of bioinspired interfaces. It is expected that this Perspective is able to provide a profound perception into some underlying artificial intelligent energy storage and conversion device design as a promising candidate to resolve the global energy crisis and environmental pollution.
自然界提供了大量机会，可用于设计引人入胜的结构和功能，以实现先进表面和界面的创新。目前，受生物启发的界面在可再生能源存储和转换设备的实际应用中备受关注，这些设备包括可充电电池、燃料电池、染料敏化太阳能电池和超级电容器。通过模仿各种自然生物，许多具有不同成分、结构、形态和构型的新型受生物启发的界面被应用于设备的电极、电解质、添加剂、隔膜和催化剂基质上，这得益于它们与相应传统模式相比所具有的出色机械、光学、电学、物理、化学和电化学特性。在这篇展望文章中，从仿生化学成分、物理形态、生化反应和宏观仿生组装构型等方面讨论了设计受生物启发界面的原理。随后，简要总结主要聚焦于受生物启发界面在可充电电池关键材料中的应用进展。最后，对受生物启发界面未来发展过程中存在的重大机遇和挑战进行了批判性评论。期望这篇展望文章能够为一些潜在的人工智能储能和转换设备设计提供深刻见解，成为解决全球能源危机和环境污染的有前景的候选方案。
