Three-Dimensional Growth of Li2S in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Promoted by a Redox Mediator

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 549-554

  Gerber, Laura C H ^a   Frischmann, Peter D ^a   Fan, Frank Y ^b   Doris, Sean E ^a,c   Qu, Xiaohui ^a   Scheuermann, Angelique M ^a,c   Persson, Kristin ^a,d   Chiang, Yet Ming ^b   Helms, Brett A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

electrodeposition; lithium sulfide; Lithium sulfur battery; morphology; polysulfide; redox mediator

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; D REGION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LITHIUM; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSULFIDES; SULFUR;

COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LITHIUM SULFIDES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; PHASE TRANSFORMATION KINETICS; POTENTIOSTATIC CONTROL; REDOX MEDIATORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84957863081     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04189     Document Type: Article

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