Polysulfide-containing Glyme-based Electrolytes for Lithium Sulfur Battery

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 4604-4611

  Agostini, Marco ^a   Xiong, Shizhao ^b,c   Matic, Aleksandar ^b   Hassoun, Jusef ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FUELS; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SULFUR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BUFFER EFFECT; LI-ANODES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; LITHIUM-SULFUR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; SULFUR CATHODES; TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHYL ETHER; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84937249982     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00896     Document Type: Article

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