Reactivity at the Lithium-Metal Anode Surface of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 26828-26839

  Camacho Forero, Luis E ^a   Smith, Taylor W ^a   Bertolini, Samuel ^a   Balbuena, Perla B ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION KINETICS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; SURFACE REACTIONS;

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL INSTABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; LITHIUM METAL ANODE; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84948982121     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08254     Document Type: Article

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