Highly dispersed sulfur in multi-walled carbon nanotubes for lithium/sulfur battery

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 987-992

  Geng, Xiuyu ^a   Rao, Mumin ^a   Li, Xiaoping ^a   Li, Weishan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathode; Lithium sulfur battery; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Precipitation; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

BATTERY PERFORMANCE; BETTER PERFORMANCE; DIRECT PRECIPITATION; FACILE METHOD; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM/SULFUR BATTERIES;

CATHODES; LASERS; MILLING (MACHINING); MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BALL MILLING;

EID: 84876499198     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-012-1959-1     Document Type: Article

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