Mechanism of enhanced carbon cathode performance by nitrogen doping in lithium-sulfur battery: An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 7765-7771

  Zhu, Pengyu ^a   Song, Jiangxuan ^b   Lv, Dongping ^b   Wang, Donghai ^a,b   Jaye, Cherno ^c   Fischer, Daniel A ^c   Wu, Tianpin ^d   Chen, Yongsheng ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATHODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON AND NITROGEN; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COORDINATION STRUCTURES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; NITROGEN-DOPED MESOPOROUS CARBONS; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES;

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EID: 84898977094     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4123634     Document Type: Article

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