Sulfur-graphene nanostructured cathodes via ball-milling for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10920-10930

  Xu, Jiantie ^a,b   Shui, Jianglan ^b   Wang, Jianli ^a,c   Wang, Min ^b   Liu, Hua Kun ^a   Dou, Shi Xue ^a   Jeon, In Yup ^d   Seo, Jeong Min ^d   Baek, Jong Beom ^d   Dai, Liming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ball milling; carbon paper; lithium sulfur batteries; sulfur graphene nanoplatelets

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; CATHODE MATERIALS; CATHODES; COSTS; DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MILLING (MACHINING); PAPER; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYPROPYLENES; POROUS MATERIALS;

CARBON PAPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HAZARDOUS REAGENTS; HIGH REVERSIBLE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM INSERTION; POLY-PROPYLENE FILM; RATE CAPABILITIES; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 84908452486     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5047585     Document Type: Article

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