Three-dimensional porous carbon composites containing high sulfur nanoparticle content for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Guoxing ^a   Sun, Jinhua ^a   Hou, Wenpeng ^a   Jiang, Shidong ^a   Huang, Yong ^a   Geng, Jianxin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; SULFUR; SULFUR NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROSITY; SULFUR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CURRENT DENSITY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; EVAPORATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LONG CYCLING LIFE; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84956606941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10601     Document Type: Article

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