Bottom-Up Catalytic Approach towards Nitrogen-Enriched Mesoporous Carbons/Sulfur Composites for Superior Li-S Cathodes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sun, Fugen ^a   Wang, Jitong ^a   Chen, Huichao ^a   Qiao, Wenming ^a   Ling, Licheng ^a   Long, Donghui ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84885164131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02823     Document Type: Article

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