Nickel Hydroxide-Modified Sulfur/Carbon Composite as a High-Performance Cathode Material for Lithium Sulfur Battery

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 16715-16722

  Niu, Xiao Qing ^a   Wang, Xiu Li ^a   Xie, Dong ^a   Wang, Dong Huang ^a   Zhang, Yi Di ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Yu, Ting ^b   Tu, Jiang Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cycle stability; lithium sulfur battery; nickel hydroxide; sulfur cathode; surface modification

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; NICKEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CARBON BLACK COMPOSITES; CATH-ODE MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD; CYCLE STABILITY; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; NICKEL HYDROXIDES; SULFUR CATHODES; SULFUR/CARBON COMPOSITES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84938574314     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04408     Document Type: Article

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