Hybrid photocatalysts were prepared by depositing a macrocyclic cobalt complex on TiO2 surfaces. Upon UV light irradiation, photoexcited electrons in TiO2 nanoparticles were transferred to the surface cobalt catalyst for CO2 reduction.

Inexpensive hierarchical oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reaction (ORR/OER) catalysts offer higher cell efficiency and much longer cycle life than Pt/C + IrO2 bifunctional catalysts in metal–air batteries.

Fluorinated multi-walled carbon nanotubes are prepared and used as cathode materials for fabricating lithium and sodium primary batteries.

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Supramolecular assembly can be used to construct a wide variety of ordered structures by exploiting the cumulative effects of multiple noncovalent interactions. However, the construction of anisotropic nanostructures remains subject to some limitations. Here, we demonstrate the preparation of anisotropic fullerene-based nanostructures by supramolecular differentiation, which is the programmed control of multiple assembly strategies. We have carefully combined interfacial assembly and local phase separation phenomena. Two fullerene derivatives, PhH and C12H, were together formed into self-assembled anisotropic nanostructures by using this approach. This technique is applicable for the construction of anisotropic nanostructures without requiring complex molecular design or complicated methodology.

A novel amphiphilic porphyrin derivative DOCP-Zn has been synthesized and utilized to construct tunable nanostructures from 0D to 1D by controlling the axial coordination of zinc porphyrin with 4,4′-bipyridine. SEM images indicated that patterns between 0D nanospheres and 1D nanorods or nanoslices can be reversibly converted by the construction or destroy of the axial coordination interaction. This facile approach provided a new method for controlling the nanostructure morphologies and dimension by patterns conversion. The photoluminescence microscopy images indicated the 1D nanorods material has the potential application as nanoscale photonic elements.

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