Improvement of Energy Capacity with Vitamin C Treated Dual-Layered Graphene-Sulfur Cathodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Jin Won Kim; Joey D Ocon; Ho-Sung Kim; Jaeyoung Lee

doi:10.1002/cssc.201501067

Improvement of Energy Capacity with Vitamin C Treated Dual-Layered Graphene-Sulfur Cathodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

ChemSusChem. 2015 Sep 7;8(17):2754. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201501067.

Authors

Jin Won Kim¹, Joey D Ocon¹, Ho-Sung Kim², Jaeyoung Lee^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Electrochemical Reaction and Technology Laboratory (ERTL), School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 500-712 (South Korea).
² Gwangju Research Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 506-824 (South Korea).
³ Electrochemical Reaction and Technology Laboratory (ERTL), School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 500-712 (South Korea). jaeyoung@gist.ac.kr.
⁴ Ertl Center for Electrochemistry and Catalysis, Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Energies, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 500-712 (South Korea). jaeyoung@gist.ac.kr.

PMID: 26334768
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201501067

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the groups of Prof. Dr. Jaeyoung Lee at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. The image shows that Vitamin C can be used to effectively improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ascorbic Acid / chemistry*
Electric Power Supplies*
Electrodes*
Graphite / chemistry*
Lithium / chemistry*
Sulfur / chemistry*

Substances

Sulfur
Graphite
Lithium
Ascorbic Acid