title: Recent approaches for the direct use of elemental sulfur in the synthesis and processing of advanced materials.
abstract: Elemental sulfur is an abundant and inexpensive material obtained as a by-product of natural-gas and petroleum refining operations. Recently, the need for the development of new energy-storage systems brought into light the potential of sulfur as a high-capacity cathode material in secondary batteries. Sulfur-containing materials were also shown to have useful IR optical properties. These developments coupled with growing environmental concerns related to the global production of excess elemental sulfur have led to a keen interest in its utilization as a feedstock in materials applications. This Minireview focuses on the recent developments on physical and chemical methods for directly processing elemental sulfur to produce functional composites and polymers.
authors.affiliation: National Creative Research Initiative Center for Intelligent Hybrids, WCU Program of Chemical Convergence for Energy & Environment, School of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Seoul National University (Republic of Korea).
authors.forename: Jeewoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pyun
authors.forename: Kookheon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Char
mesh_terms: D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D013455:Sulfur
keywords: composites; elemental sulfur; lithium-sulfur batteries; materials science; polymers