The author of 《Tuning the electrochemical behavior of organodisulfides in rechargeable lithium batteries using N-containing heterocycles》 were Wang, Dan-Yang; Si, Yubing; Li, Junjie; Fu, Yongzhu. And the article was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability in 2019. Application In Synthesis of 1,2-Diphenyldisulfane The author mentioned the following in the article:
S-S bonds in organodisulfides can break and obtain Li+ and e- in the discharge of lithium batteries. Organodisulfides provide precise lithiation sites, and therefore are valuable models for the study of redox reactions in lithium batteries. To understand their electrochem. behavior, we investigate three disulfides with different N-containing heterocycles including 2,2′-dipyridyl disulfide (2,2′-DpyDS), 4,4′-dipyridyl disulfide (4,4′-DpyDS), and 2,2′-dipyridyl disulfide-N,N’-dioxide (DpyDSDO). The three disulfides all show higher discharge voltage plateaus due to the electron-withdrawing groups: DPDS (2.20 V) < 2,2'-DpyDS (2.45 V) = 4,4'-DpyDS (2.45 V) < DpyDSDO (2.80 V). In particular, 2,2'-DpyDS exhibits an outstanding 69% capacity retention over 500 cycles. Our theor. simulations show that lithium pyridine-2-thiolate, the discharge product of 2,2'-DpyDS, forms compact clusters via N···Li···S bridges coordinated by lithium ions, which can help reduce its dissolution in liquid electrolyte, and therefore increase the cycle life. Liquid chromatog.-mass spectrometry is demonstrated to be a powerful tool for the investigation of discharge/recharge products of soluble organodisulfides in rechargeable lithium batteries. The experimental process involved the reaction of 1,2-Diphenyldisulfane(cas: 882-33-7Application In Synthesis of 1,2-Diphenyldisulfane)
1,2-Diphenyldisulfane(cas: 882-33-7) belongs to ethers.Oxygen is more electronegative than carbon, thus the alpha hydrogens of ethers are more acidic than those of simple hydrocarbons. Application In Synthesis of 1,2-Diphenyldisulfane They are far less acidic than alpha hydrogens of carbonyl groups (such as in ketones or aldehydes), however.
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