Steam-etched spherical carbon/sulfur composite with high sulfur capacity and long cycle life for Li/s battery application

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3590-3599

  Wang, Meiri ^a   Zhang, Hongzhang ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Qu, Chao ^a   Li, Xianfeng ^a   Zhang, Huamin ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

carbon sulfur composite; large pore volume; lithium sulfur battery; spherical carbon material; water steam activation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ETCHING; LITHIUM BATTERIES; SPHERES;

CAPACITY RETENTION; CARBON MATERIAL; ETCHING METHOD; LARGE PORE VOLUME; SULFUR CAPACITY; SULFUR COMPOSITES; SULFUR LOADING; WATER STEAM;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 84923242854     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5075562     Document Type: Article

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