Application of double-side modified separator with hollow carbon material in high-performance Li-S battery
- Corresponding author: Cong PAN, pancong@zjxu.edu.cn Peng WANG, pengwang@zjxu.edu.cn Liangming WEI, lmwei@sjtu.edu.cn
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Yu ZHANG, Fangfang ZHAO, Cong PAN, Peng WANG, Liangming WEI. Application of double-side modified separator with hollow carbon material in high-performance Li-S battery[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
;2024, 40(6): 1218-1232.
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10.11862/CJIC.20230412
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