MOF-templated self-polymerization of p-phenylenediamine to a polymer with a hollow box-assembled spherical structure.

This paper presents the first transformation of MOFs to polymers without any additives by using a one-step MOF-templated self-polymerization approach. We investigate the conversion process and demonstrate that the MOF-templated self-polymerization is a new and effective approach for the in situ conversion of organic ligands to polymers and even carbon nanomaterials with maintained MOF configurations.

1D ultrafine SnO nanorods anchored on 3D graphene aerogels with hierarchical porous structures for high-performance lithium/sodium storage.

SnO is considered as one of the most promising alternative anode materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium ion batteries (SIBs) due to high specific capacity, low discharge voltage plateau and environmental friendliness. In this work, 1D ultrafine SnO nanorods anchored on 3D graphene aerogel (SnO NRs/GA) composite is prepared through a simple reduction-induced self-assembly method in the solution of graphene oxide (GO), Vitamin C and SnO nanoparticles. Vitamin C plays an important role in the reduction of GO.