Dual-Phase Lithium Metal Anode Containing a Polysulfide-Induced Solid Electrolyte Interphase and Nanostructured Graphene Framework for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6373-6382

  Cheng, Xin Bing ^a   Peng, Hong Jie ^a   Huang, Jia Qi ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Zhao, Chen Zi ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anode; dendrite; graphene; Li'S battery

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CELL ENGINEERING; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL CLADDING; METALS; POLYSULFIDES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEEBECK EFFECT; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SULFUR;

CAPACITY DEGRADATION; CHARGE-DISCHARGE PROCESS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY; FRAMEWORK STRUCTURES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84934936995     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01990     Document Type: Article

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