Stabilizing high sulfur loading Li–S batteries by chemisorption of polysulfide on three-dimensional current collector

Nano Energy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 700-708

  Wang, Xiwen ^a,b   Gao, Tao ^a   Han, Fudong ^a   Ma, Zhaohui ^a   Zhang, Zhian ^b   Li, Jie ^b   Wang, Chunsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical adsorption; Current collector; Cycle life; High sulfur loading cathode; Lithium sulfur batteries

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; POLYSULFIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; CURRENT COLLECTOR; CYCLE LIVES; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; SULFUR LOADING;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 85003434329     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.10.049     Document Type: Article

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