Polydopamine is one of the simplest and most versatile approaches to functionalizing
material surfaces, having been inspired by the adhesive nature of catechols and amines in …

The observation and investigation of phenomena in the natural world can inspire the
discovery of new materials and a greater understanding of the underlying physical …

Polydopamine (PDA) is a major type of artificial melanin material with many interesting
properties such as antioxidant activity, free‐radical scavenging, high photothermal …

Biological materials have robust hierarchical structures capable of specialized functions and
the incorporation of natural biologically active components, which have been finely tuned …

Recent applications of photoelectrochemistry at the semiconductor/liquid interface provide a
renewable route of mimicking natural photosynthesis and yielding chemicals from sunlight …

Because of its distinctive combination of physical properties such as high thermal
conductivity, ultraviolet (UV) absorbance, or catalytic behavior, zinc oxide-based …

Energy production and environmental pollution are the two major problems the world is
facing today. The depletion of fossil fuels and the emission of harmful gases into the …

Photocatalytic water splitting is a promising strategy to convert solar energy into chemical
energy. Herein, a series of g-C3N4/polydopamine (g-C3N4/PDA) composites were …

For the goal of practical industrial development of fuel cells, inexpensive, sustainable, and
high performance electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) are highly desirable …

In nature, quinone plays a vital role in numerous electrochemical reactions for energy
transduction and storage; such processes include respiration and photosynthesis. For …