Carbon-Nanotube-Encapsulated-Sulfur Cathodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Integrated Computational Design and Experimental Validation

Lin, Yuxiao; Ticey, Jeremy; Oleshko, Vladimir; Zhu, Yujie; Zhao, Xinsheng; Wang, Chunsheng; Cumings, John; Qi, Yue

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04247

Carbon-Nanotube-Encapsulated-Sulfur Cathodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Integrated Computational Design and Experimental Validation

Journal Article · 29 December 2021 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04247· OSTI ID:1978183

Lin, Yuxiao ^[1]; Ticey, Jeremy ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[6]; Cumings, John ^[2]; ^[7]

School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, 221116; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States; Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, China 100191
School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, 221116
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States; School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States

Not provided.

Research Organization:: Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001160

OSTI ID:: 1978183

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 22, Issue 1; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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