Lithium‐ion batteries, which have revolutionized portable electronics over the past three
decades, were eventually recognized with the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry. As the energy …

The demand for energy increases steadily with time due to population and economic growth
and advances in lifestyle. As energy usage increases, concerns about environmental …

The concept of exploring the superior benefits of electropositive metals as anodes in
rechargeable metal-batteries has resurfaced in recent times in anticipation of the future …

An excess of elemental sulfur is generated annually from hydrodesulfurization in petroleum
refining processes; however, it has a limited number of uses, of which one example is the …

Lithium/sulfur (Li/S) battery has a 3–5 fold higher theoretical energy density than state-of-art
lithium-ion batteries, and research has been ongoing for more than three decades …

Recent developments in the polymerizations of elemental sulfur (S 8) to prepare high sulfur
content polymers are reviewed. While the homopolymerization of S 8 via ring-opening …

Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery is one of the most promising energy storage systems because
of its high specific capacity of 1675 mAh g–1 based on sulfur. However, the rapid capacity …

With the increased adoption of electric vehicles globally and recent developments in
international politics, the prices of cathode raw materials for lithium-ion batteries, such as …

Among cathode materials for secondary lithium batteries, elemental sulfur has the highest
theoretical capacity, 1672 mA hg À1 against lithium, which is at least ten times greater than …

Applications of rechargeable batteries are diverse and range from storing energy from
renewable resources such as wind generators and solar arrays, powering electric vehicles …