In Situ Reactive Assembly of Scalable Core-Shell Sulfur-MnO2 Composite Cathodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 4192-4198

  Liang, Xiao ^a   Nazar, Linda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

core shell; lithium sulfur battery; MnO2; scalable

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MANGANESE OXIDE; POLYSULFIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CORE SHELL; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; MNO2; PHYSICAL CONFINEMENT; POLYSULFIDE SHUTTLES; REACTIVE ASSEMBLIES; SCALABLE;

SULFUR;

EID: 84968813269     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07458     Document Type: Article

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