The sulfur cycle. In the soil, there are three forms of sulfur: sulfide gas, sulfide minerals and elemental sulfur, which must be oxidized into sulfate for plants to use. “All of these sources ...

High-performance Li-S batteries could play a transformative role in renewable energy storage systems, enabling efficient capture of intermittent sources.

These issues have significantly limited the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries to a few hundred cycles. To help address these issues, two independent Chinese and German research teams believe ...