A hierarchical carbon fiber/sulfur composite as cathode material for Li-S batteries

Carbon

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-155

  Wu, Feng ^a   Shi, Lili ^a   Mu, Daobin ^a   Xu, Hongliang ^a   Wu, Borong ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CATHODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAPHITIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; GALVANOSTATIC CHARGE DISCHARGES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION ISOTHERM; THERMAL VAPORIZATION; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 84924577189     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.01.026     Document Type: Article

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