As one of the main nuclear wastes generated in the process of nuclear fission, radioactive iodine has attracted worldwide attention due to its harm to public safety and environmental pollution. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to develop materials that can rapidly and efficiently capture radioactive iodine. Herein, we report the construction of three electron-rich porous organic polymers (POPs), denoted as POP-E, POP-T and POP-P via Schiff base polycondensations reactions between Td-symmetric adamantane knot and four-branched “linkage” molecules. We demonstrated that all the three POPs showed high iodine adsorption capability, among which the adsorption capacity of POP-T for iodine vapor reached up to 3.94 g·g−1 and the removal rate of iodine in n-hexane solution was up to 99%. The efficient iodine capture mechanism of the POP-T was investigated through systematic comparison of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) before and after iodine adsorption. The unique π-π conjugated system between imine bonds linked aromatic rings with iodine result in charge-transfer complexes, which explains the exceptional iodine capture capacity. Additionally, the introduction of heteroatoms into the framework would also enhance the iodine adsorption capability of POPs. Good retention behavior and recycling capacity were also observed for the POPs.

Although challenging, the fabricated supercapacitor electrodes with excellent rate capability, long cycling stability, and high mass-loading are crucial for practical applications. Herein, a novel 3D porous poly(p-aminoazobenzene)/ reduced graphene oxide hydrogel is designed and prepared as an ultrafast, high-loading, and durable pseudocapacitive electrode through a facile twostep self-assembly approach. Owing to abundant stable redox-active sites, fast electrolyte diffusion, and efficient charge conduction, the PRH electrode (5 mg cm −2 ) shows a high specific capacitance (701 F g −1 at 2 A g −1 ) and ultrafast rate (97% capacitance retention at 100 A g −1 ). Furthermore, even with a mass-loading of 10 mg cm −2 , the electrode still exhibits comparable high performance and excellent long-term cycling life (only 6.7% capacitance loss after 10 000 cycles). This work demonstrates novel polyaniline analog composites for constructing novel electrodes, promising to open an avenue toward practical applications.

Conducting polymer hydrogels with high conductivity, excellent electroactivity, and good mechanical strength are desirable for the design of highperformance energy storage devices. However, they suffer from the issue of low porosity, which hinders electrolyte diffusion and leads to poor rate performance. In this work, we developed a one-step, in situ chemical polymerization approach to fabricate a porous pure polypyrrole hydrogel (PPH) with a desirable nanostructure via an ice-templating strategy. This simple synthetic approach offers the PPH tunable porosity, ultrahigh conductivity, and good mechanical strength. Owing to these notable advantages, functioning as a supercapacitor electrode, PPH displays a high specific capacitance of 265 F g −1 (1961 mF cm −2 ) at 1.35 A g −1 (10 mA cm −2 ) and maintains 85% capacitance retention even up to 67.6 A g −1 (500 mA cm −2 ). We also found that PPH without an ice-templated nanostructure possesses poor rate capability due to slow and blocked electrolyte diffusion because of the less-porous nanostructure. This facile, ice-templated strategy to structurally design a porous nanostructure for high-rate performance opens up the possibility for advanced energy storage applications.