Ultrafine Iron Pyrite (FeS2) Nanocrystals Improve Sodium-Sulfur and Lithium-Sulfur Conversion Reactions for Efficient Batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 11156-11165

  Douglas, Anna ^a   Carter, Rachel ^a   Oakes, Landon ^a   Share, Keith ^a   Cohn, Adam P ^a   Pint, Cary L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

batteries; chemical transformations; FeS2 nanoparticles; iron pyrite; lithium sulfur; quantum dots; sodium sulfur

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; INTERCALATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PYRITES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; CONVERSION REACTIONS; INTERCALATION PROCESS; LITHIUM SULFURS; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE LAYER (SEI); ULTRA-FINE NANOPARTICLES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84948453367     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04700     Document Type: Article

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