A highly ordered nanostructured carbon-sulphur cathode for lithium-sulphur batteries

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 500-506

  Ji, Xiulei ^a   Lee, Kyu Tae ^a   Nazar, Linda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; GRAVIMETRIC CAPACITY; MATERIALS SCIENTIST; NANOSTRUCTURED CARBONS; POLYMER MODIFICATIONS; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; SORPTION PROPERTIES;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 67349275043     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2460     Document Type: Article

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