Figure 11.

Morphological Characterization, Performance Investigations, and Synthesis Strategies

(A) Schematic comparison of S-PANI core-shell and yolk-shell, scanning electron micrograph after running five cycles in cell, and the long-term cycling performance. Reprinted with permission from (Zhou et al., 2013b). Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society.

(B) Schematic illustration of the fabrication process of conductive polymer-coated hollow sulfur nanospheres.

(C) Cycling performance of the cells made from hollow sulfur nanospheres with PANI, PPy, and PEDOT coatings at C/2 rate for 500 cycles. Reprinted with permission from (Li et al., 2013). Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society.