Effect of Boron-Doping on the Graphene Aerogel Used as Cathode for the Lithium-Sulfur Battery

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 25202-25210

  Xie, Yang ^a   Meng, Zhen ^a   Cai, Tingwei ^a   Han, Wei Qiang ^a,b  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

boron doped graphene aerogel; chemical adsorption; electrochemical performance; lithium sulfur batteries; porous structure

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CATHODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM; SULFUR;

BORON-DOPED GRAPHENE; CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; POROUS STRUCTURES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84947791238     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08129     Document Type: Article

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