Pie-like electrode design for high-energy density lithium-sulfur batteries

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Jin Tao ^a   Chen, Yu Ming ^a   Li, Ju ^b   Lou, Xiong Wen ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBER; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM; SULFUR;

DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; LITHIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; INFRARED RADIATION; ION TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84948449302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9850     Document Type: Article

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