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Lithium sulfide
99.98% trace metals basis
Synonym(s):
(lithiosulfanyl)lithium
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Li2S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
45.95
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23
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battery grade
Quality Level
Assay
99.98% trace metals basis
form
powder
composition
Li2S
reaction suitability
reagent type: catalyst
core: lithium
density
1.66 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
application(s)
battery manufacturing
battery manufacturing
storage temp.
2-8°C
SMILES string
[Li]S[Li]
InChI
1S/2Li.S
InChI key
ZWDBUTFCWLVLCQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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General description
Lithium sulfide powder is a high-purity, inorganic compound that appears as a white to yellowish crystalline powder. It has a molecular weight of 45.95 g/mol and a density of 1.82 g/cm³. Lithium sulfide is a strong nucleophile and has the chemical formula Li₂S. It readily reacts with water to produce lithium hydroxide and hydrogen sulfide gas. It is also soluble in some organic solvents, such as pyridine and dimethyl sulfoxide.
Application
High-purity lithium sulfide is primarily used as a precursor in the synthesis of other lithium compounds such as lithium thioacetate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, and thio-LISICONs, which are used in lithium-ion batteries among other applications. High-purity lithium sulfide can also be used directly in battery applications as a cathode material in lithium-sulfur batteries. With a theoretical capacity of up to 1166 mAh/g, almost four times that of lithium cobalt oxide, lithium sulfide has gained attention as next-generation cathode material. Additionally, lithium sulfide is used as a precursor in the semiconductor industry for the production of thin-film transistors (TFTs) and other electronic devices, especially lithium sulfide-phosphorus oxide (Li2S-P2O5) TFTs. It is also used in the chemical manufacturing industry as a precursor for lithium hydride, lithium borohydride, and lithium amide, among many other applications.
Features and Benefits
Higher Purity - 99.98%, making it an ideal choice for applications that require higher purity materials.
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Danger
Hazard Statements
Precautionary Statements
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B
Supplementary Hazards
Storage Class Code
6.1B - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials
WGK
WGK 3
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
Personal Protective Equipment
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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Is Lithium Sulfide a MgB2-like Superconductor?-like Superconductor?
Isikaku-Ironkwe OP
arXiv (2012)
Shiyou Zheng et al.
ACS nano, 7(12), 10995-11003 (2013-11-21)
Highly stable sulfur/microporous carbon (S/MC) composites are prepared by vacuum infusion of sulfur vapor into microporous carbon at 600 °C, and lithium sulfide/microporous carbon (Li2S/MC) cathodes are fabricated via a novel and facile in situ lithiation strategy, i.e., spraying commercial
Stable cycling of lithium sulfide cathodes through strong affinity with a bifunctional binder
Seh ZW, et al.
Chemical Science, 4(9), 3673-3677 (2013)
Li-Ping Lv et al.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 15(3), e1804338-e1804338 (2018-12-18)
In this work, hydroxyl-functionalized Mo2 C-based MXene nanosheets are synthesized by facilely removing the Sn layer of Mo2 SnC. The hydroxyl-functionalized surface of Mo2 C suppresses the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) through strong interaction between Mo atoms on
Wen Liu et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(14), 3578-3583 (2017-03-23)
Lithium-sulfur batteries (Li-S batteries) have attracted intense interest because of their high specific capacity and low cost, although they are still hindered by severe capacity loss upon cycling caused by the soluble lithium polysulfide intermediates. Although many structure innovations at
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