Immobilization of sulfur in microgels for lithium–sulfur battery.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Chang, Aiping; Wu, Qingshi; Du, Xue; Chen, Shoumin; Shen, Jing; Song, Qiuyi; Xie, Jianda; Wu, Weitai
- Source
- Chemical Communications. 3/25/2016, Vol. 52 Issue 24, p4525-4528. 4p.
- Subject
- *MICROGELS
*POLYMERIZATION research
*COPOLYMERS
*VULCANIZATION
*METHACRYLATES
- Language
- ISSN
- 1359-7345
Immobilization of sulfur in microgels is achieved via free radical polymerization of commercial poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate in the solution of sulfur-terminated poly(3-oligo(ethylene oxide)4-thiophene), a copolymer prepared by the inverse vulcanization of S8 with allyl-terminated poly(3-oligo(ethylene oxide)4-thiophene). This microgelation leads to enhanced Li–S battery performance over the sulfur-terminated polymer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]