Electrocatalysis of Lithium Polysulfides: Current Collectors as Electrodes in Li/S Battery Configuration

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Babu, Ganguli ^a   Ababtain, Khalid ^a   Ng, K Y Simon ^a   Arava, Leela Mohana Reddy ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

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EID: 84924690190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08763     Document Type: Article

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