Cobalt-embedded nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanorods for synergistically immobilizing the discharge products in lithium–sulfur battery

Energy Storage Materials

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-229

  Zhang, Mengdi ^a   Yu, Chang ^a   Zhao, Changtai ^a   Song, Xuedan ^a   Han, Xiaotong ^a   Liu, Shaohong ^a   Hao, Ce ^a   Qiu, Jieshan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hollow carbon; Lithium sulfur battery; Metal nanoparticles; Nitrogen doping; Solid lithium sulfides

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COBALT; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LITHIUM BATTERIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SCAFFOLDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; COBALT NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRON STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH RATE CAPABILITY; LITHIUM SULFIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON MATERIALS; NITROGEN-DOPING;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84987619377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24058297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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