Experimental and theoretical analysis of products and reaction intermediates of lithium-sulfur batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 12106-12114

  Cañas, Natalia A ^a,b   Fronczek, David N ^a,c   Wagner, Norbert ^a   Latz, Arnulf ^a   Friedrich, K Andreas ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE ULM HIU   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUELS; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; SULFUR;

CHARACTERISTIC ABSORPTION; CHARACTERISTIC BANDS; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; DEPTH OF DISCHARGES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; POLYSULFIDE SOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODELING;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84902436622     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5013208     Document Type: Article

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