Toward high-sulfur-content, high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries: Review of materials and technologies

F Zhao, J Xue, W Shao, H Yu, W Huang… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) are recognized as promising devices for developing next-
generation energy storage systems. In addition, they are attractive rechargeable battery …

Sulfur chemistry in polymer and materials science

H Mutlu, EB Ceper, X Li, J Yang… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur and its functional groups are major players in an area of exciting research taking
place in modern polymer and materials science, both in academia and industry. In fact …

Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: from petroleum refining to polymeric materials

T Lee, PT Dirlam, JT Njardarson… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The production of elemental sulfur from petroleum refining has created a technological
opportunity to increase the valorization of elemental sulfur by the synthesis of high …

Photoinduced inverse vulcanization

J Jia, J Liu, ZQ Wang, T Liu, P Yan, XQ Gong… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The inverse vulcanization (IV) of elemental sulfur to generate sulfur-rich functional polymers
has attracted much recent attention. However, the harsh reaction conditions required, even …

Catalytic inverse vulcanization

X Wu, JA Smith, S Petcher, B Zhang, DJ Parker… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery of inverse vulcanization has allowed stable polymers to be made from
elemental sulfur, an unwanted by-product of the petrochemicals industry. However, further …

On the Mechanism of the Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur: Structural Characterization of Poly(sulfur-random-(1,3-diisopropenylbenzene))

J Bao, KP Martin, E Cho, KS Kang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organosulfur polymers, such as those derived from elemental sulfur, are an important new
class of macromolecules that have recently emerged via the inverse vulcanization process …

Green chemistry and polymers made from sulfur

MJH Worthington, RL Kucera, JM Chalker - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers are among the most important mass-produced materials on the planet, yet they are
largely derived from a finite supply of petrochemicals. To ensure the sustainable production …

Recent advances in the polymerization of elemental sulphur, inverse vulcanization and methods to obtain functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers …

Y Zhang, RS Glass, K Char, J Pyun - Polymer Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent developments in the polymerization of elemental sulfur and the preparation of
functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) are reviewed. CHIPs …

Recent advances in organic reactions involving elemental sulfur

TB Nguyen - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Elemental sulfur has been known since Antiquity and found widespread applications in the
preparation of black gunpowder, the synthesis of sulfuric acid as well as other sulfur …

Cathode materials for lithium–sulfur batteries: a practical perspective

A Eftekhari, DW Kim - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The most important challenge in the practical development of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries
is finding suitable cathode materials. Due to the complexity of this system, various factors …