Large-scale synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon fiber and its application as cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries

Carbon

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 782-787

  Wang, Hongqiang ^a   Zhang, Chaofeng ^a   Chen, Zhixin ^a   Liu, Hua Kun ^a   Guo, Zaiping ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; FIBERS; LITHIUM; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; POLYSULFIDES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR;

CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; GOOD CAPACITY RETENTIONS; HIGH REVERSIBLE CAPACITIES; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON; RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84922236871     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.10.024     Document Type: Article

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