Confine sulfur in polyaniline-decorated hollow carbon nanofiber hybrid nanostructure for lithium-sulfur batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13369-13376

  Zhang, Zhian ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Lai, Yanqing ^a   Li, Jie ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATHODES; COATINGS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAS ADSORPTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYANILINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; GALVANOSTATIC CHARGE DISCHARGES; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84908371490     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5005117     Document Type: Article

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