We reported a sequential epitaxial growth to synthesize dual-color-emitting organic heterostructures by an anti-solvent induced sequential crystallization strategy.

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The catalytic reduction of nitro compounds is currently a hot research area, how to efficiently and stably degrade such toxic and harmful substances has become the research goal of many researchers. In this work, an Artemia cyst shell (ACS)–TiO2–MoS2 ternary porous structure was proposed and prepared as a catalyst for the reduction of 2-nitroaniline (2-NA) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP). The ACS has a large number of porous structures, exhibits a good binding ability with TiO2 and MoS2, and provides a large number of active sites for the catalytic reduction process. The obtained composite material has a good reduction effect on 4-NP and 2-NA, with a good stability and recyclability, which is obviously higher than the reduction effect of ACS–TiO2 and MoS2 under the same conditions. This work provides ideas for the design of porous catalytic materials.

Transition metal oxides have attracted a lot of interest for the high energy density in asymmetric supercapacitors, but the fast capacity fading, low electrical conductivity and hard clean industrialization still limit the practical applications. In order to overcome the challenge, a novel type of polyoxometalate-assisted hydrothermal strategy for the synthesis of manganese dioxide as an example for asymmetric supercapacitors is reported. The samples are prepared in one step fashion, avoiding complicated equipment and acid corrosion process simultaneously, which are fully researched the morphology, chemical components and the surface area thereby finding its impact on electrochemical performance. Results in electrochemical test demonstrate that the α-MnO 2 have good capacitance (235 F g −1 ) in neutral electrolytes. The asymmetric capacitors assembled by manganese dioxide and activated carbon (AC) as electrode materials possessed large specific energy (27.6 Wh kg −1 at 200 W kg −1 and 19.4 Wh kg −1 at 5000 W kg −1 , respectively) and long cycling lifespan (about 100% electric capacity retention after 1000 cycle as well as about 94% after 5000 cycle) in the large voltage range of 0−2 V. The encouraging result shows enormous potential in energy storage devices, which can present both large specific energy and excellent cycle stability for practical implementation.

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