Tri-modal mesoporous carbon/sulfur nanocomposite for high performance Li-S battery

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 190, Issue , 2016, Pages 322-328

  Hu, Wen ^a,b   Zhang, Huamin ^a   Wang, Meiri ^a   Zhang, Hongzhang ^a   Qu, Chao ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

capability and cyclability; cathode; Li S battery; sol gel templating; tri modal mesoporous carbon

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS;

CYCLABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TEST; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; HIGH REVERSIBLE CAPACITIES; MESOPORE STRUCTURES; MESOPOROUS CARBON; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; SOL-GEL TEMPLATING;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84954237930     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.221     Document Type: Article

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