Exploring inverse vulcanization in lithium–sulfur batteries

Organocatalytic Synthesis of Poly(thiocarbonate) from Xylose and Carbonyl Sulfide

“…Sulfur-containing polymers represent a valuable class of macromolecules with various unique characteristics. , Sulfur atoms are in the form of functional groups in the polymer structure, such as sulfide −S–, polysulfide −S n –, sulfinyl −SO–, sulfonyl −SO 2 –, thioester −CO–S–, thiocarbonate −O–CO–S–, −O–CS–O–, −S–CO–S–, or −S–CS–S–, and thiouretane −NH–CO–S–, −NH–CS–O–, or −NH–CS–NH– . The incorporation of such groups into polymers can create attractive properties, such as electrical, optical, mechanical, bonding to metals, durability to chemicals, heat, bacteria, and so on, which determine their multifunctional applications. , Accordingly, sulfur-containing polymers have demonstrated extremely promising applications for engineering plastics, solid electrolytes, and optical and optoelectronic materials. , In the past decade, huge breakthroughs have been made in the synthesis of sulfur-containing polymers. − …”

“…Sulfur-containing polymers represent a valuable class of macromolecules with various unique characteristics. 1,2 3 The incorporation of such groups into polymers can create attractive properties, such as electrical, 4 optical, 5 mechanical, 6 bonding to metals, 7 durability to chemicals, heat, bacteria, and so on, which determine their multifunctional applications. 8,9 Accordingly, sulfur-containing polymers have demonstrated extremely promising applications for engineering plastics, solid electrolytes, and optical and optoelectronic materials.…”

Copolymerization Involving Sulfur-Containing Monomers

“…Notably, the ring-opening homopolymerization of cyclic S-containing monomers is an efficient strategy for obtaining S-containing polymers in a controlled manner. ,,− However, this review focuses primarily on the synthesis of S-containing polymers via copolymerization; therefore, the progress made in the ring-opening homopolymerization of S-containing monomers is not included in this review. Furthermore, the scope of the copolymerization described here refers to those with different functional groups generated from the reaction of two or more monomers.…”

“…Sulfur (S) is the tenth most abundant element on earth and has been used in medicine, fabric bleaching, and gun powder formulation since antiquity. , With the development of the chemistry discipline, sulfur has been recognized as a valuable chemical agent, which is employed for producing sulfuric acid, sulfur-containing organic molecules; − medicines; , energy storage devices, like lithium (Li)–S batteries; , and polymeric materials. , Particularly, the incorporation of S atoms into a polymer main chain endows the material with many attractive features, including a high refractive index, mechanical properties, electrochemical properties, excellent adhesive ability to heavy metal ions, and so on. − In addition, the substitution of oxygen atoms in the polymer main chain with S atoms is capable of improving comprehensive performances of these polymers. − For example, the poly­(butene trithiocarbonate), which is synthesized from the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of seven-membered cyclic trithiocarbonate, exhibited superior thermal, mechanical, and optical properties than the corresponding poly­(butene carbonate) …”

Porous sulfur polymers for effective aqueous-phase organic contaminant removal – a low-cost sustainable material

“…"Inverse vulcanisation" sulfur polymers have a wide range of applications in different elds such as optical, optoelectronic, superhydrophobic materials, and photochemical materials, along with pharmaceutical preparations based on biopolymers, proton-conducting electrolytes, cathodes in lithium-sulfur batteries, and electromembrane processes [7][8][9][10] . Amongst these applications, the use of porous sulfur polymers for the gas phase adsorption of heavy metals, such as mercury, has already been proposed 5,11,12 .…”