Evidence of covalent synergy in silicon-sulfur-graphene yielding highly efficient and long-life lithium-ion batteries

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hassan, Fathy M ^a   Batmaz, Rasim ^a   Li, Jingde ^a   Wang, Xiaolei ^a   Xiao, Xingcheng ^b   Yu, Aiping ^a   Chen, Zhongwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODE; ION; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POWER; SILICON; SULFUR; SYNERGISM;

EID: 84945274969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9597     Document Type: Article

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