Kinetically Enhanced Electrochemical Redox of Polysulfides on Polymeric Carbon Nitrides for Improved Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 38, 2016, Pages 25193-25201

  Liang, Ji ^a   Yin, Lichang ^a   Tang, Xiaonan ^a,b   Yang, Huicong ^a,c   Yan, Wensheng ^d   Song, Li ^d   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a   Li, Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

adsorption; carbon nitride; graphene; lithium polysulfide; redox kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON NITRIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; GRAPHENE; KINETICS; LITHIUM; NITRIDES; POLYMERS; POLYSULFIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY SIMULATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDOX; KINETICALLY ENHANCED; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; MOLECULAR CONFIGURATIONS; RATE PERFORMANCE; REDOX KINETICS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84989238642     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05647     Document Type: Article

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