title: A soft approach to encapsulate sulfur: polyaniline nanotubes for lithium-sulfur batteries with long cycle life.
abstract: A novel vulcanized polyaniline nanotube/sulfur composite was prepared successfully via an in situ vulcanization process by heating a mixture of polyaniline nanotube and sulfur at 280 °C. The electrode could retain a discharge capacity of 837 mAh g(-1)  after 100 cycles at a 0.1 C rate and manifested 76% capacity retention up to 500 cycles at a 1 C rate.
authors.affiliation: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
authors.forename: Lifen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Yuliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schwenzer
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Engelhard
authors.forename: Laxmikant V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Saraf
authors.forename: Zimin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Exarhos
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; C416807:polyaniline; D013455:Sulfur; D008094:Lithium