Carbon materials for Li-S batteries: Functional evolution and performance improvement

Energy Storage Materials

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-106

  Liang, Ji ^a   Sun, Zhen Hua ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ANODES; CARBON; CATHODES; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BATTERY PERFORMANCE; CATHODE AND ANODE; CONDUCTIVE ADDITIVES; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; STORAGE SOLUTIONS;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 84955507748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24058297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2015.09.007     Document Type: Review

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