Graphene-Li2S-carbon nanocomposite for lithium-sulfur batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1333-1340

  Wu, Feixiang ^a   Lee, Jung Tae ^a   Zhao, Enbo ^a   Zhang, Bao ^b   Yushin, Gleb ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathode; Grapheme; Li s; Lithium sulfide; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR;

CAPACITY UTILIZATION; CARBON NANOCOMPOSITE; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; GRAPHEME; HIGH-RATE PERFORMANCE; LITHIUM SULFIDES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84989861608     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06716     Document Type: Article

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