Dual Functionalities of Carbon Nanotube Films for Dendrite-Free and High Energy-High Power Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 4605-4613

  Xie, Keyu ^a   Yuan, Kai ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Shen, Chao ^a   Lv, Weibang ^b   Liu, Xingrui ^a   Wang, Jian Gan ^a   Wei, Bingqing ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNT film; lithium dendrite; lithium sulfur battery; new cell configuration; polysulfide

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; FILM GROWTH; LITHIUM; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; METALS; POLYSULFIDES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; CELL CONFIGURATIONS; CNT FILMS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITY; LITHIUM DENDRITE; POLYSULFIDE SHUTTLES; ULTRA SMOOTH SURFACE;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 85011985667     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14039     Document Type: Article

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