Insight into the effect of boron doping on sulfur/carbon cathode in lithium-sulfur batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8789-8795

  Yang, Chun Peng ^a   Yin, Ya Xia ^a   Ye, Huan ^a   Jiang, Ke Cheng ^a   Zhang, Juan ^a   Guo, Yu Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

batteries; boron doping; electrochemical properties; lithium sulfur batteries; sulfur carbon composite

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; CATHODES; CHEMISORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; SULFUR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BORON-DOPING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; POROUS CARBON MATERIALS; SULFUR/CARBON COMPOSITES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84902476555     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501627f     Document Type: Article

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