Title:
Photo-oxidation of an organosulfur for photo-charging of lithium-ion batteries

Authors:
H. Shingu, H. Uemachi, A. Fujiwara

Abstract:
Polymers of organosulfur with S-S bonds are potential cathode materials for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries, and the photo-oxidation of organosulfurs can be applied in the future to the photo-charging of batteries. Herein, we present the photo-oxidation of dithiobiuret (DTB), a simple organosulfur molecule with two neighbouring tautomeric thiol/thione groups (-SH/>C=S) that can form a disulfide (S-S) bond by reversible intramolecular oxidative cyclization. Aqueous solutions of DTB with different pH values were irradiated by visible light from a halogen lamp. Photo-oxidation was confirmed by ultraviolet (UV) absorption spectroscopy, on comparison of the UV absorption spectra of DTB and chemically oxidized DTB. The rate of photo-oxidation depended on the pH of the DTB solution, and the highest photo-oxidation rate of ~ 2.8 × 10^-3 min.^-31 was observed at a pH of ~ 3.1.

Link (OPEN ACCESS):
IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 625 (2019) 012020-1 – 012020-6.
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/625/1/012020