High rate and stable cycling of lithium-sulfur batteries with carbon fiber cloth interlayer

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 209, Issue , 2016, Pages 691-699

  Yang, Yuxiang ^a   Sun, Wang ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Yue, Xinyang ^a   Wang, Zhenhua ^a   Sun, Kening ^a,b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon fiber cloth; good rate capability; interlayer; lithium sulfur battery; long cycle stability

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE FILMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; LITHIUM; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEPARATORS; SULFUR; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CARBON FIBER CLOTHS; INTERLAYER; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; LONG CYCLES; RATE CAPABILITIES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84973382116     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.05.092     Document Type: Article

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