Amylose-Derived Macrohollow Core and Microporous Shell Carbon Spheres as Sulfur Host for Superior Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 10717-10729

  Li, Xiang ^a   Cheng, Xuanbing ^a   Gao, Mingxia ^a   Ren, Dawei ^a   Liu, Yongfeng ^a   Guo, Zhengxiao ^b   Shang, Congxiao ^c   Sun, Lixian ^d   Pan, Hongge ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

amylose; biomass material; electrochemical performance; lithium ion batteries; sulfur cathode

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATHODES; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CYCLODEXTRINS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY STORAGE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MICROPOROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SPHERES; SULFUR;

AMYLOSE; BIOMASS MATERIALS; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HIERARCHICALLY POROUS CARBONS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SULFUR CATHODES;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 85016476075     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00672     Document Type: Article

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