Sulfurized carbon: A class of cathode materials for high performance lithium/sulfur batteries

Frontiers in Energy Research

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Sheng S ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathode material; Lithium sulfur battery; Polysulfide; Sulfur carbon composite; Sulfurization; Sulfurized carbon; Sulfurized polyacrylonitrile

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009835568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2013.00010     Document Type: Review

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