Inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur with 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne for cathode materials in Li-S batteries

  • Philip T. Dirlam
  • , Adam G. Simmonds
  • , Tristan S. Kleine
  • , Ngoc A. Nguyen
  • , Laura E. Anderson
  • , Adam O. Klever
  • , Alexander Florian
  • , Philip J. Costanzo
  • , Patrick Theato
  • , Michael E. Mackay
  • , Richard S. Glass
  • , Kookheon Char
  • , Jeffrey Pyun

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Abstract

High sulfur content copolymers were prepared via inverse vulcanization of sulfur with 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne (DiPhDY) for use as the active cathode material in lithium-sulfur batteries. These sulfur-rich polymers exhibited excellent capacity retention (800 mA h g-1 at 300 cycles) and extended battery lifetimes of over 850 cycles at C/5 rate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)24718-24722
Number of pages5
JournalRSC Advances
Volume5
Issue number31
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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