Nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofiber webs/sulfur composites as cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 210-216

  Zhou, Lan ^a   Lin, Xiujing ^a   Huang, Tao ^a   Yu, Aishui ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathode material; Lithium sulfur cell; Micropores; Nitrogen doped porous carbon nanofiber webs

Indexed keywords

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CATH-ODE MATERIALS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; LITHIUM-SULFUR CELLS; MICROPORES; POROUS CARBON NANOFIBERS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBONIZATION; CATHODES; LITHIUM; MICROPOROSITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84889021442     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.11.041     Document Type: Article

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