Probing the lithium-sulfur redox reactions: A rotating-ring disk electrode study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5733-5741

  Lu, Yi Chun ^a,b   He, Qi ^a   Gasteiger, Hubert A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST REACTION KINETICS; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; RATE CAPABILITIES; REACTION MECHANISM; REDUCTION REACTION; SHORT REACTION TIME; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; POLYSULFIDES; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; REDUCTION; ROTATING DISKS;

SULFUR;

EID: 84897858628     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500382s     Document Type: Article

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