High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with a Cost-Effective Carbon Paper Electrode and High Sulfur-Loading

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 6394-6401

  Yan, Jianhua ^a,b   Liu, Xingbo ^b   Qi, He ^b   Li, Wenyuan ^b   Zhou, Yue ^b   Yao, Meng ^b   Li, Bingyun ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CARBON BLACK; CARBON NANOFIBERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; PAPER; POLYSULFIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR;

CARBON BLACK NANOPARTICLES; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH REVERSIBLE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; POLYSULFIDE SHUTTLES; POROUS CARBON LAYER;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

BATTERIES; CARBON BLACK; CARBON PAPERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR;

EID: 84942155082     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02533     Document Type: Article

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