Highly electrically conductive layered carbon derived from polydopamine and its functions in SnO2-based lithium ion battery anodes

• Main Authors: Kong, Junhua, Yee, Wu Aik, Yang, Liping, Wei, Yuefan, Phua, Si Lei, Ong, Hock Guan, Ang, Jia Ming, Li, Xu, Lu, Xuehong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100765; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11064
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thin carbonized polydopamine (C-PDA) coatings are found to have similar structures and electrical conductivities to those of multilayered graphene doped with heteroatoms. Greatly enhanced electrochemical properties are achieved with C-PDA-coated SnO2 nanoparticles where the coating functions as a me...