Self-Healable and Recyclable Sulfur Rich Poly(vinyl chloride) by S–S Dynamic Bonding

Zeynep Deliballi; Rezan Demir-Cakan; Baris Kiskan; Yusuf Yagci

doi:10.1002/macp.202100423

Self-Healable and Recyclable Sulfur Rich Poly(vinyl chloride) by S–S Dynamic Bonding

Zeynep Deliballi
, Rezan Demir-Cakan
, Baris Kiskan^*
, Yusuf Yagci^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Chemistry

Istanbul Technical University
Gebze Technical University
Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research

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Abstract

In this work, a new approach to vulcanize commercial poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) at room temperature and in a relatively short time (4 h) by using elemental sulfur and an initiator such as Na₂S.9H₂O is reported. The obtained crosslinked polymer contains polysulfide linkages that facilitate recycling/self-healing through dynamic S–S linkages. It is shown that PVC-polysulfide networks could be reprocessed at 180 °C for three times. The thermal and spectral characterizations of the polymers before and after recycling are performed via FT-IR, DSC, and TGA analyses. The potential use of the sulfur rich PVC-polysulfide system as cathode material for Li-S battery application is also investigated and the first discharge capacity is found to be around 610 mAh g⁻¹ that later faded rapidly.

Original language	English
Article number	2100423
Journal	Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Volume	224
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202100423
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

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The authors would like to thank Istanbul Technical University Research Fund for providing financial support. They also thank to ITU Nanotechnology Research Center for Raman measurements.

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

dynamic bonding
poly(vinyl chloride)
recycling
sulfur
vulcanization

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