Polymer Promises to Pare Sulfur Surplus

摘要

MANY PETROLEUM refineries must contend with a glut of sulfur generated from hydrodesul-furization processes. That sulfur may become a feedstock for making plastics, hope a worldwide team of researchers. They have developed a simple process that directly copolymerizes sulfur with vinylic monomers. The team is using the new plastic to make lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries.