Understanding the Redox Obstacles in High Sulfur-Loading Li-S Batteries and Design of an Advanced Gel Cathode

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1392-1399

  Zu, Chenxi ^a   Li, Longjun ^a   Guo, Jianhe ^a   Wang, Shaofei ^a   Fan, Donglei ^a   Manthiram, Arumugam ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATHODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DESIGN; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SULFUR;

DOMINANT FACTOR; DYNAMIC REDISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON CONDUCTION; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH SULFUR CONTENTS; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; MATERIAL FUNCTION; TRANSFER NETWORK;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84963971787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00429     Document Type: Article

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