Copolymerization of Polythiophene and Sulfur to Improve the Electrochemical Performance in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 7011-7017

  Oschmann, Bernd ^a   Park, Jungjin ^b   Kim, Chunjoong ^c   Char, Kookheon ^b   Sung, Yung Eun ^b   Zentel, Rudolf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYSULFIDES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SULFUR; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; BATTERY PERFORMANCE; CYCLING PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; GRIGNARD METATHESIS POLYMERIZATIONS; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; NEAR-EDGE X-RAY ABSORPTION; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL);

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84945383239     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02317     Document Type: Article

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