Free-standing, curled and partially reduced graphene oxide network as sulfur host for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries<xref rid="cpb_27_6_068101fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_27_6_068101fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB932302), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11634014, 51172271, and 51372269), and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA09040202).</p> </fn>

Free-standing, curled and partially reduced graphene oxide network as sulfur host for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries* *

Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB932302), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11634014, 51172271, and 51372269), and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA09040202).

Chen Hui-Liang^{1, 2, 3}, Xiao Zhuo-Jian^{1, 2, 3}, Zhang Nan^{1, 2, 3}, Xiao Shi-Qi^{1, 2, 3}, Xia Xiao-Gang^{1, 2, 3}, Xi Wei^{1, 2, 3}, Wang Yan-Chun^{1, 2}, Zhou Wei-Ya^{1, 2, 3, †}, Xie Si-Shen^{1, 2, 3, ‡}

(color online) (a) FT-IR spectra and (b) Raman spectra of GO foam, CPrGO, and CPrGO–S networks. (c) XRD patterns of pure sulfur powder, CPrGO and CPrGO–S networks.