Sulfur-carbon nanocomposite cathodes improved by an amphiphilic block copolymer for high-rate lithium-sulfur batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6046-6052

  Fu, Yongzhu ^a   Su, Yu Sheng ^a   Manthiram, Arumugam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

amphiphilic block copolymer; cyclability; electrochemical performance; nanocomposite; rechargeable lithium sulfur battery

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATED NANOPARTICLES; AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BET SURFACE AREA; BLACK PEARLS; CARBON SURFACE; CYCLABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; GALVANOSTATIC CYCLING; HIGH RATE; IN-SITU DEPOSITION; LITHIUM CELLS; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; MESO-PORES; MICROPORES; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; PLURONIC F-127; PLURONICS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SULFUR CONTENTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON; CATHODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SULFUR;

CARBON NANOTUBE; ION; LITHIUM; POLYMER; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; IONS; LITHIUM; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SULFUR;

EID: 84870553845     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am301688h     Document Type: Article

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