ShelXle是一款用于小分子晶体结构精修的专业性可视化软件，在高校群体中拥有相当数量的用户，但目前国内外有关该软件使用研究的文献报道非常少，导致众多师生在精修过程中碰到问题时不知道如何进行应对。本文详细介绍了ShelXle的开发背景、基本功能、特色功能及操作方法，结合若干案例，通过与其他软件对比，分析了ShelXle在小分子晶体结构精修中所具备的技术优势，并就如何利用ShelXle提升精修效果提出了一些参考性建议。

Two new viologen-polyoxometalate hybrid crystalline materials: (MV)₂[HPW₂^ⅤW₁₀^ⅥO₄₀] ·2H₂O (1) and (EV)₂[Mo₈O₂₆] (2) have been synthesized by using the cations of 1, 1'-dimethyl-4, 4'-bipyridinium dichloride (methyl viologen, MV) and 1, 1'-diethyl-4, 4'-bipyridinium dibromide (ethyl viologen, EV) as the electron acceptors, and the electron-rich polyoxometalate anions as the electron donors. The structures of compounds 1 and 2 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Hydrogen bond interactions exist between the cations and the anions in 1 and 2. Interestingly, 2 has a photochromic performance with a light response time within 1 min. The photochromic mechanism of compound 2 has been investigated by solid-state diffuse reflection, electron paramagnetic resonance and theoretical calculation. 1 and 2 show good catalytic performance in the photocatalytic degradation of several organic dyes (methylene blue, pararosaniline hydrochloride and rhodamine 6G).