Enhanced Li-S batteries using amine-functionalized carbon nanotubes in the cathode

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1050-1059

  Ma, Lin ^a   Zhuang, Houlong L ^a   Wei, Shuya ^a   Hendrickson, Kenville E ^a   Kim, Mun Sek ^a   Cohn, Gil ^a   Hennig, Richard G ^a   Archer, Lynden A ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithium nitrile interactions; lithium sulfur batteries; Molecular sorbents; Sequestering lithium polysulfide

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; POLYSULFIDES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; YARN;

CARBOXYL-FUNCTIONALIZED; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; STRONG INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84991000761     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06373     Document Type: Article

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