Porous carbon mat as an electrochemical testing platform for investigating the polysulfide retention of various cathode configurations in Li-S cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2163-2169

  Chung, Sheng Heng ^a   Singhal, Richa ^b   Kalra, Vibha ^b   Manthiram, Arumugam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

cathode; electrochemical analysis; lithium sulfur cells; polysulfide retention; porous carbon mat

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SULFUR;

DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING; INTERLAYER CONFIGURATION; LITHIUM-SULFUR CELLS; POROUS CARBONS; POROUS CURRENT COLLECTORS;

CATHODES;

EID: 84934927287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00927     Document Type: Article

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