Mesoporous β-MnO2/sulfur composite as cathode material for Li-S batteries

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 307-311

  Wang, Shengping ^a   Yang, Zhigao ^a   Zhang, Hanyu ^a   Tan, Haibo ^a   Yu, Jingxian ^b   Wu, Jinping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Li S batteries

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MANGANESE OXIDE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CHARGE/DISCHARGE CYCLE; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); HIGHLY ORDERED PORES; LOW SULFUR CONTENT; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 84879233565     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.05.083     Document Type: Article

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