First-principles study of redox end members in lithium - Sulfur batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4675-4683

  Park, Haesun ^a   Koh, Hyun Seung ^a   Siegel, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; CRYSTALLITES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; SOLVATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CONTINUUM SOLVATIONS; CRYSTALLITE SHAPES; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; METASTABLE PHASE; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TWO PHASE MIXTURES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84924121173     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp513023v     Document Type: Article

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