Fabricating three-dimensional hierarchical porous N-doped graphene by a tunable assembly method for interlayer assisted lithium-sulfur batteries

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 327, Issue , 2017, Pages 855-867

  Wu, Haiwei ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Xu, Sun ^a   Zhang, Weichao ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Zong, Meng ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D graphene; High sulfur loading; Interlayer; Li anode; Lithium sulfur batteries; N doped

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEPARATORS; SULFUR;

3D GRAPHENE; INTERLAYER; LI-ANODES; N-DOPED; SULFUR LOADING;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 85030712093     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.06.164     Document Type: Article

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