High-rate lithium-sulfur batteries promoted by reduced graphene oxide coating

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Apr 28;48(34):4106-8. doi: 10.1039/c2cc17912a. Epub 2012 Mar 21.

Abstract

Lithium-sulfur batteries have a poor rate performance and low cycle stability due to the shuttling loss of intermediate lithium polysulfides. To address this issue, a carbon-sulfur nanocomposite coated with reduced graphene oxide was designed to confine the polysulfides.