Long-Life, High-Efficiency Lithium-Sulfur Battery from a Nanoassembled Cathode

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5080-5087

  Yan, Jianhua ^a,b   Liu, Xingbo ^b   Yao, Meng ^b   Wang, Xianfeng ^a   Wafle, Trina K ^c   Li, Bingyun ^a,d  

^a BiomaterialsBioengineering Nanotechnology Laboratory   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c National Research Center for Coal and Energy   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; POLYANILINE; POLYSULFIDES; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; YARN;

COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; LONG TERM SERVICE; NEGATIVELY CHARGED; POLYA-NILINE LAYERS; POSITIVELY CHARGED; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84937910947     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01780     Document Type: Article

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