Tuning the Adsorption of Polysulfides in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Metal-Organic Frameworks

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 4932-4939

  Park, Haesun ^a   Siegel, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATHODES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; METALS; NICKEL; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYSULFIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; HIGH SURFACE AREA; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METAL SUBSTITUTION; METALORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS); NANO-POROUS MATERIALS; SUPPORT MATERIALS; UNSATURATED METALS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 85020722296     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01166     Document Type: Article

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