Formation of Large Polysulfide Complexes during the Lithium-Sulfur Battery Discharge

Physical Review Applied

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Bin ^a,e   Alhassan, Saeed M ^b   Pantelides, Sokrates T ^a,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALCULATIONS; CATHODES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; POLYSULFIDES; TIN ALLOYS; TRANSITION METAL OXIDES; TRANSITION METALS;

CAPACITY DEGRADATION; CAPACITY RETENTION; CYCLO-OCTASULFUR; DISCHARGING PROCESS; FIRST PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; LITHIUM SULFURS; OXYGEN IMPURITY; SULFUR CATHODES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925759724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23317019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.2.034004     Document Type: Article

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