Lithium-sulfur batteries with superior cycle stability by employing porous current collectors

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 569-576

  Chung, Sheng Heng ^a   Manthiram, Arumugam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathode materials; Electrode architecture; Lithium sulfur batteries; Nickel foam; Porous current collectors

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NICKEL; POLYSULFIDES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR;

CATH-ODE MATERIALS; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTRODE ARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NICKEL FOAM; POROUS ARCHITECTURES; POROUS CURRENT COLLECTORS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84884215623     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.034     Document Type: Article

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