Sulfur infiltrated mesoporous graphene-silica composite as a polysulfide retaining cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries

Carbon

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 543-551

  Kim, Kyoung Hwan ^a,b   Jun, Young Si ^b   Gerbec, Jeffrey A ^c   See, Kimberly A ^b   Stucky, Galen D ^b   Jung, Hee Tae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mitsubishi Chemical USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-OPERATIVE ASSEMBLY; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; ORGANIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; SUPPORTING MATERIAL;

CATHODES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; POLYSULFIDES; SILICA; SULFUR;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84892811624     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.12.065     Document Type: Article

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