Unstacked double-layer templated graphene for high-rate lithium-sulphur batteries

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Meng Qiang ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Huang, Jia Qi ^a   Tian, Gui Li ^a   Nie, Jing Qi ^a   Peng, Hong Jie ^a   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; METAL OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; LITHIUM; SULFUR; TOPOLOGY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON SOURCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; VOLATILIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84955135059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4410     Document Type: Article

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