Anchoring Lithium Polysulfides via Affinitive Interactions: Electrostatic Attraction, Hydrogen Bonding, or in Parallel?

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 20495-20502

  Ji, Zhuan ^a   Han, Bo ^a   Li, Qiyang ^a   Zhou, Chenggang ^a   Gao, Qiang ^a   Xia, Kaisheng ^a   Wu, Jinping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDS; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; SUBSTRATES;

ADSORPTION ENERGETICS; ANCHORING STRENGTH; ELECTRON LONE PAIR; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTERACTION MODES; STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84940824248     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06373     Document Type: Article

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