Advances in lithium-sulfur batteries based on multifunctional cathodes and electrolytes

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Pang, Quan ^a   Liang, Xiao ^a   Kwok, Chun Yuen ^a   Nazar, Linda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY STORAGE; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYSULFIDES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LITHIUM SULFURS; MATERIALS ENGINEERING; SULFUR LOADING;

LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES;

EID: 85016968719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.132     Document Type: Review

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