Fibrous hybrid of graphene and sulfur nanocrystals for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5367-5375

  Zhou, Guangmin ^a   Yin, Li Chang ^a   Wang, Da Wei ^b   Li, Lu ^a   Pei, Songfeng ^a   Gentle, Ian Ross ^b   Li, Feng ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

energy storage; graphene; hybrid; lithium sulfur battery; oxygen functional group; sulfur nanocrystal

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE ADDITIVES; CONDUCTIVE ELECTRONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH-RATE PERFORMANCE; HYBRID; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; POROUS NETWORK STRUCTURES;

CALCULATIONS; CATHODES; ENERGY STORAGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYBRID MATERIALS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

GRAPHENE;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBON DISULFIDE; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY;

ALCOHOLS; CARBON DISULFIDE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

EID: 84879673323     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401228t     Document Type: Article

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