A Novel TiO2-Wrapped Activated Carbon Fiber/Sulfur Hybrid Cathode for High Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 210, Issue , 2016, Pages 415-421

  Xie, Keyu ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Han, Yunzhao ^a   Yuan, Kai ^a   Song, Qiang ^a   Wang, Jian Gan ^a   Shen, Chao ^a   Liu, Xingrui ^a   Wei, Bingqing ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

activated carbon fiber cloth; cathode materials; energy storage; lithium sulfur batteries; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; CATHODES; CHEMISORPTION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY STORAGE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; POLYSULFIDES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER CLOTHS; CATH-ODE MATERIALS; CHEMISORPTION LAYER; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; POLYSULFIDE SHUTTLES; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; THEORETICAL CAPACITY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84974559388     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.05.172     Document Type: Article

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