Synergistic Ultrathin Functional Polymer-Coated Carbon Nanotube Interlayer for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 31, 2016, Pages 20092-20099

  Kim, Joo Hyun ^a   Seo, Jihoon ^a   Choi, Junghyun ^a   Shin, Donghyeok ^a   Carter, Marcus ^b   Jeon, Yeryung ^a   Wang, Chengwei ^b   Hu, Liangbing ^b   Paik, Ungyu ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube interlayer; hydrogen bonding; lithium sulfur battery; poly(acrylic acid); ultrathin coating

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATHODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; LITHIUM; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYSULFIDES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SULFUR; YARN;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CONDUCTIVE INTERLAYERS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; PHYSICAL CONFINEMENT; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); ULTRATHIN COATINGS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84981333750     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06190     Document Type: Article

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