Aspergillus flavus Conidia-derived Carbon/Sulfur Composite as a Cathode Material for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xu, Maowen ^a   Jia, Min ^a   Mao, Cuiping ^a   Liu, Sangui ^a   Bao, Shujuan ^a   Jiang, Jian ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Lu, Zhisong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

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EID: 84953340611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18739     Document Type: Article

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