Permselective graphene oxide membrane for highly stable and anti-self-discharge lithium-sulfur batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3002-3011

  Huang, Jia Qi ^a   Zhuang, Ting Zhou ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Peng, Hong Jie ^a   Chen, Cheng Meng ^b   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; lithium sulfur battery; membrane; polysulfide

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTROSTATICS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MEMBRANES; POLYSULFIDES;

CAPACITY DEGRADATION; ELECTRONEGATIVE ATOMS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY BATTERIES; LITHIUM-SULFUR CELLS; POSITIVELY CHARGED;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 84925617940     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn507178a     Document Type: Article

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