<p>Supporting Information </p><p>Coordination and Reduction Performance in Polyols Solvothermal System: Controllable Morphologies, Magnetism and Electrochemistry of Nickel Based Materials</p><p>Yang Qu[a]*, Peihua Wangyang[b], Muhammad Humayun[a], Li Sun[a], Buhe Batter[a] and Zhijun Li[a]</p><p> aKey Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, School of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Harbin 150080 P. R. China. bSichuan Province Key Laboratory of Information Materials and Devices Application, College of Optoelectronic Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China</p><p>E-mail: [email protected]</p><p>Table S1. Phase and morphology of different nickel based products. </p><p>Precursor EG Et Phase morphology</p><p>(mL) (mL)</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 40 0 α-Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 39 1 α-Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 38 2 α-Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 37 3 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 36 4 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 35 5 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 34 6 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 33 7 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>1 Ni(Ac)2 32 8 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 31 9 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 30 10 α- Ni(OH)2 Sphere</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 29 11 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sphere,</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 28 12 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sphere, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 27 13 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sphere, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 26 14 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sphere, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 25 15 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sphere, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 24 16 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sphere, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 23 17 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sphere, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 22 18 Nickel Polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 21 19 Nickel Polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 20 20 Nickel Polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 19 21 Nickel Polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 18 22 Nickel Polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 17 23 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sheet, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 16 24 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sheet, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 15 25 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sheet, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 14 26 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sheet, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 13 27 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sheet, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 12 28 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sheet, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 11 29 α- Ni(OH)2, nickel Sheet, polyhedron</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 10 30 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 9 31 α-Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>2 Ni(Ac)2 8 32 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 7 33 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 6 34 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 5 35 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 4 36 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 3 37 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 2 38 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 1 39 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Ni(Ac)2 0 40 α- Ni(OH)2 Sheet</p><p>Figure S1. Morphology and XRD pattern of the metallic nickel (A, C) before and (B, D) after solvothermal reaction.</p><p>3 Figure S2. TEM images of ET-0 and ET-40.</p><p>Table S2. Electrochemical data of different α- Ni(OH)2 samples </p><p>SC(F/g) Samples 1A/g 2A/g 3A/g 4A/g ET-40 550 433 260 147</p><p>ET-30 372 242 165 76</p><p>ET-10 331 266 197 151</p><p>ET-0 384 200 100 55</p><p>4</p>