Ball-milling synthesis of ZnO@sulphur/carbon nanotubes and Ni(OH)2@sulphur/carbon nanotubes composites for high-performance lithium-sulphur batteries

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 196, Issue , 2016, Pages 369-376

  Gu, Xingxing ^a,b   Tong, Chuan Jia ^c   Wen, Bo ^c   Liu, Li Min ^c   Lai, Chao ^a,b   Zhang, Shanqing ^b  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Beijing Computational Science Research Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Coating; Lithium sulphur batteries; Nickel hydroxide; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; COATINGS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; LITHIUM; MILLING (MACHINING); NANOTUBES; NICKEL; NICKEL COATINGS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; YARN; ZINC; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; BALL-MILLING METHODS; CYCLING PERFORMANCE; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; HIGH REVERSIBLE CAPACITIES; NICKEL HYDROXIDES; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; STRONG INTERACTION;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84962226558     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.018     Document Type: Article

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