Encapsulating sulfur into mesoporous TiO2 host as a high performance cathode for lithium-sulfur battery

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-84

  Ding, Bing ^a   Shen, Laifa ^a   Xu, Guiyin ^a   Nie, Ping ^a   Zhang, Xiaogang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anatase titania; Lithium sulfur battery; Mixed electric ionic conductor; On site adsorption; Polysulfides

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATHODES; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LITHIUM; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; POLYSULFIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANATASE TITANIA; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CHEMICAL BONDING INTERACTIONS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; MIXED ELECTRIC/IONIC CONDUCTOR; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84879830567     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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