Cathode materials based on carbon nanotubes for high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries

Carbon

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-168

  Zhu, Lin ^a,b   Zhu, Wancheng ^a   Cheng, Xin Bing ^b   Huang, Jia Qi ^b   Peng, Hong Jie ^b   Yang, Shu Hui ^b   Zhang, Qiang ^b  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR;

DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; HIERARCHICAL POROUS STRUCTURES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; LITHIUM-SULFUR CELLS;

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EID: 84900816726     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.03.049     Document Type: Article

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