A nickel-foam@carbon-shell with a pie-like architecture as an efficient polysulfide trap for high-energy Li–S batteries

Luo, Liu; Chung, Sheng-Heng; Chang, Chi-Hao; Manthiram, Arumugam

doi:10.1039/c7ta05277d

Title: A nickel-foam@carbon-shell with a pie-like architecture as an efficient polysulfide trap for high-energy Li–S batteries

Journal Article · Thu Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta05277d· OSTI ID:1430178

Luo, Liu ^[1]; Chung, Sheng-Heng ^[1]; Chang, Chi-Hao ^[1];

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Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). McKetta Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Texas Materials Inst.

A novel nickel-foam@carbon-shell electrode with a high sulfur loading endows the lithium–sulfur cells with improved electrochemical performance.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); Welch Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007218

OSTI ID:: 1430178

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1429331; OSTI ID: 1487261

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 5, Issue 29; ISSN 2050-7488

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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