Fabricating Genetically Engineered High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Multiple Virus Genes
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- 22 May 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 324 (5930) , 1051-1055
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1171541
Abstract
Viral Battery: In developing materials for batteries, there is a trade-off between charge capacity, conductivity, and chemical stability. Nanostructured materials improve the conductivity for some resistive materials, but fabricating stable materials at nanometer-length scales is difficult. Harnessing their knowledge of viruses as toolkits for materials fabrication, Lee et al. (p. 1051; published online 2 April) modified two genes in the filamentous bacteriophage M13 to produce a virus with an affinity for nucleating amorphous iron phosphate along its length and for attaching carbon nanotubes at one of the ends. In nanostructured form, the amorphous iron phosphate produced a useful cathode material, while the carbon nanotubes formed a percolating network that significantly enhanced conductivity.Keywords
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