Polyaniline-modified cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-graphene oxide-sulfur nanocomposites with enhanced performance for lithium-sulfur batteries

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1355-1363

  Qiu, Yongcai ^a   Li, Wanfei ^a   Li, Guizhu ^a   Hou, Yuan ^a   Zhou, Lisha ^a   Li, Hongfei ^a   Liu, Meinan ^a   Ye, Fangmin ^a   Yang, Xiaowei ^a   Zhang, Yuegang ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

graphene oxide sulfur; lithium sulfur batteries; long term cycling; polyaniline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921967825     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0500-5     Document Type: Article

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