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

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