Microporous carbon nanosheets derived from corncobs for lithium-sulfur batteries

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 853-860

  Guo, Jinxin ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Jiang, Fei ^a   Zhao, Saihua ^a   Su, Qingmei ^a   Du, Gaohui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass carbon; Electrochemical performance; Lithium sulfur batteries; Microporous carbon; Nanosheets

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; MICROPOROSITY; NANOSHEETS; POROUS MATERIALS; SULFUR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CATH-ODE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; MICRO-POROUS CARBONS; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84938411806     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.077     Document Type: Article

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