Facile Synthesis of Lithium Sulfide Nanocrystals for Use in Advanced Rechargeable Batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 51, 2015, Pages 28444-28451

  Li, Xuemin ^a   Wolden, Colin A ^a   Ban, Chunmei ^b   Yang, Yongan ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrogen sulfide; lithium naphthalenide; lithium sulfide; lithium sulfur batteries; synthesis

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LITHIUM; NANOCRYSTALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

1 ,4-DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LITHIUM SULFIDES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; SPONTANEOUS REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS; VOLTAGE EFFICIENCIES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84953268418     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09367     Document Type: Article

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