X-ray absorption spectra of dissolved polysulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries from first-principles

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1547-1551

  Pascal, Tod A ^a   Wujcik, Kevin H ^c,e   Velasco Velez, Juan ^b   Wu, Chenghao ^b   Teran, Alexander A ^c,e   Kapilashrami, Mukes ^d   Cabana, Jordi ^c,g   Guo, Jinghua ^d   Salmeron, Miquel ^b,f   Balsara, Nitash ^c,e   Prendergast, David ^a  

^a Molecular Foundry   (United States)

^b Materials Sciences Division   (United States)

^c Environ Ener Technologies Division   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic screening; energy storage; excited state; K edge; renewable; XAS

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; CHAIN LENGTH; ENERGY STORAGE; EXCITED STATES; POLYSULFIDES; SULFUR; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION FEATURES; ELECTRONIC SCREENING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; K-EDGE; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; RENEWABLE; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; XAS;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84899827417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500260s     Document Type: Article

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