Improving lithium-sulphur batteries through spatial control of sulphur species deposition on a hybrid electrode surface

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yao, Hongbin ^a   Zheng, Guangyuan ^a   Hsu, Po Chun ^a   Kong, Desheng ^a   Cha, Judy J ^a   Li, Weiyang ^a   Seh, Zhi Wei ^a   McDowell, Matthew T ^a   Yan, Kai ^a   Liang, Zheng ^a   Narasimhan, Vijay Kris ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBER; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; INDIUM; LITHIUM; SULFUR; TIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HYBRID; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLID STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84901496790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4943     Document Type: Article

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