Positive role of surface defects on carbon nanotube cathodes in overpotential and capacity retention of rechargeable lithium-oxygen batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 21567-21575

  Huang, Shiting ^a,b   Fan, Wugang ^a   Guo, Xiangxin ^a   Meng, Fanhao ^a   Liu, Xuanyong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

argon plasma bombardment; carbon nanotubes; carbonate species; lithium peroxides; lithium oxygen batteries; surface defects

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROLYTES; FUELS; IONIC LIQUIDS; LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES; OXYGEN; SURFACE DEFECTS;

ARGON PLASMA BOMBARDMENT; CARBON NANOTUBE CATHODES; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CARBONATE SPECIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; LITHIUM PEROXIDES; LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES; TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHYL ETHER;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84917708860     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506564n     Document Type: Article

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