Understanding the effect of a fluorinated ether on the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9169-9177

  Azimi, Nasim ^a   Xue, Zheng ^a   Bloom, Ira ^a   Gordin, Mikhail L ^b   Wang, Donghai ^b   Daniel, Tad ^c   Takoudis, Christos ^c   Zhang, Zhengcheng ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorinated electrolyte; Lithium anode passivation; Lithium sulfur batteries; Polysulfide shuttle dissolution; Solid electrolyte interphase

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SULFUR;

CONVERSION KINETICS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TEST; LITHIUM ANODE; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; POLYSULFIDE SHUTTLES; REVERSIBLE REDOX REACTIONS; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84928952734     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01412     Document Type: Article

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