Understanding of sulfurized polyacrylonitrile for superior performance lithium/sulfur battery

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4588-4600

  Zhang, Sheng S ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithium sulfur battery; Polysulfide; Sulfur cathode; Sulfurized carbon; Sulfurized polyacrylonitrile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904629751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7074588     Document Type: Note

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