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Both of the two raw materials are sustainable, i.e., elemental sulfur is a by-product of the petroleum industry and 4-Methyl-5-vinylthiazole (MVT) is a natural monoene compound. The microstructure of poly(S-MVT) was characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR, XPS spectroscopy, XRD, DSC SEM, and TEM. Test results indicated that the copolymers possess protonated thiazole nitrogen atoms, meso\/macroporous structure, and solubility in tetrahydrofuran and chloroform. Moreover, the improved electronic properties of poly(S-MVT) relative to elemental sulfur have also been investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The copolymers are utilized successfully as the cathode active material in Li-S batteries. Upon employment, the copolymer with 15% MVT content provided good cycling stability at a capacity of \u223c514 mA h g\u22121 (based on the mass of copolymer) and high Coulombic efficiencies (\u223c100%) over 100 cycles, as well as great rate performance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules26227039","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,30]],"date-time":"2021-11-30T22:01:11Z","timestamp":1638309671000},"page":"7039","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Inverse Vulcanization of a Natural Monoene with Sulfur as Sustainable Electrochemically Active Materials for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Jian","family":"Xiao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physics and Electronic Information, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao 334001, China"},{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhicong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physics and Electronic Information, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao 334001, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wangnian","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ning","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jijun","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao 334001, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5149-1810","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fulai","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3014","DOI":"10.1002\/adma.201305607","article-title":"New infrared transmitting material via inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur to prepare high refractive index polymers","volume":"26","author":"Griebel","year":"2014","journal-title":"Adv. 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