Soluble polysulphide sorption using carbon nanotube forest for enhancing cycle performance in a lithium-sulphur battery

Nano Energy

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 538-546

  Xi, Kai ^a   Chen, Bingan ^a,b   Li, Huanglong ^a,c   Xie, Rongsi ^a   Gao, Chenlong ^a   Zhang, Can ^a   Kumar, R Vasant ^a   Robertson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AIXTRON Nanoinstruments Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cathode; Cycle performance; First principle calculation; Lithium sulphur battery; Polysulphide sorption

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CARBON BLACK; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; ELECTROLYTES; FORESTRY; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYSULFIDES; SCAFFOLDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; YARN;

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CONVENTIONAL ADDITIVES; CYCLE PERFORMANCE; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; DISCHARGE/CHARGE CYCLES; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; POLYSULPHIDES;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

CARBON; CATHODES; LITHIUM;

EID: 84922311537     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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