A modified hierarchical porous carbon for lithium/sulfur batteries with improved capacity and cycling stability

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2243-2250

  Wang, Meiri ^a   Zhang, Huamin ^a   Zhang, Yining ^a   Li, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Fengxiang ^a   Hu, Wen ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cycle ability; Hierarchically porous carbon; Lithium sulfur battery; Metal salt; Sulfur utilization

Indexed keywords

CYCLE ABILITY; HIERARCHICAL POROUS CARBONS; HIERARCHICALLY POROUS CARBONS; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM/SULFUR BATTERIES; METAL SALT; RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY; SULFUR-CARBON COMPOSITES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; METAL IONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84881110756     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-013-2096-1     Document Type: Article

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