flagellar filament bio-templated inorganic oxide materials-towards an efficient lithium battery anode - lithium iron battery

Design a new generation of energy-
Intensive and sustainable electrode materials for batteries that power a variety of applications are an imperative task.
The use of biological materials as nano-structure templates for these materials has the potential to produce structures that have not been achieved so far.
In this report, we used the genetically modified flagship store Silk of the extremely halophobic Archia species, to synthesize the nano-structured iron oxide composite, used as lithium-
Ion battery anode.
Compared with the existing literature results, the electrode showed excellent electrical performance, the capacity remained good after 50 cycles, the capacity remained at 1032 mAh g1, the rate capacity was high, and 770 was provided at 5A g1. ? 5 C)discharge rate.
This unique flagpole silk-based template has the potential to provide access to other highly structured Advanced Energy Materials in the future.