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Title: Highly flexible, freestanding tandem sulfur cathodes for foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity

Abstract

Highly flexible tandem cathodes with a high sulfur loading achieve foldable lithium–sulfur batteries with a high areal capacity.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Inst.
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1430181
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1429341; OSTI ID: 1487272
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0007218
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Materials Horizons
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2051-6347
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Chang, Chi-Hao, Chung, Sheng-Heng, and Manthiram, Arumugam. Highly flexible, freestanding tandem sulfur cathodes for foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1039/c6mh00426a.
Chang, Chi-Hao, Chung, Sheng-Heng, & Manthiram, Arumugam. Highly flexible, freestanding tandem sulfur cathodes for foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mh00426a
Chang, Chi-Hao, Chung, Sheng-Heng, and Manthiram, Arumugam. Thu . "Highly flexible, freestanding tandem sulfur cathodes for foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mh00426a. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1430181.
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title = {Highly flexible, freestanding tandem sulfur cathodes for foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity},
author = {Chang, Chi-Hao and Chung, Sheng-Heng and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {Highly flexible tandem cathodes with a high sulfur loading achieve foldable lithium–sulfur batteries with a high areal capacity.},
doi = {10.1039/c6mh00426a},
journal = {Materials Horizons},
number = 2,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Schematic of the tandem cathode preparation process.

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