An effective approach to protect lithium anode and improve cycle performance for Li-S batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 15542-15549

  Wu, Feng ^a   Qian, Ji ^a   Chen, Renjie ^a   Lu, Jun ^b   Li, Li ^a   Wu, Huiming ^b   Chen, Junzheng ^a   Zhao, Teng ^a   Ye, Yusheng ^a   Amine, Khalil ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrochemistry; electrolyte; LiODFB; lithium anode; lithium sulfur batteries; passivation layer

Indexed keywords

ANODES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM METALLOGRAPHY; PASSIVATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; CYCLING PERFORMANCE; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; LIODFB; LITHIUM ANODE; ORGANIC ELECTROLYTE; PASSIVATION LAYER; POLYSULFIDE SHUTTLES;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 84907821749     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504345s     Document Type: Article

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