1. Jin Gao,† Meng-Meng Zhu,† Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,* Advances, challenges and promises of carbon dots, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 1963-1986. (invited review)
2. Si-Jie Guo, Si-Qi Zhao, Xiu-Qin Wu, Hao Li, Yun-Jie Zhou, Cheng Zhu, Nian-Jun Yang, Xin Jiang, Jin Gao, Liang Bai, Yang Liu,* Yeshayahu Lifshitz,* Shuit-Tong Lee, Zhen-Hui Kang,*A Co3O4-CDots-C3N4 three component electrocatalyst design concept for efficient and tunable CO2 reduction to syngas, Nature Communications 2017, 8(1), 1828.
3. Rui Shi, Xing Dai, Wei-Feng Li, Fang Lu, Yang Liu, Hui-Hua Qu, Hao Li, Qiong-Yang Chen, He Tian, En-Hui Wu, Yong Wang, Ru-Hong Zhou,* Shuit-Tong Lee,* Yeshayahu Lifshitz, Zhen-Hui Kang,* Jian Liu,*Hydroxyl-Group-Dominated Graphite Dots Reshape Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Small Biomolecular Analysis and Imaging, ACS Nano 2017, 11, 9500-9513.
4. Mu-Mei Han, Li-Ping Wang, Si-Heng Li, Liang Bai, Yun-Jie Zhou, Yue Sun, Hui Huang,* Hao Li,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*High-bright fluorescent carbon dot as versatile sensing platform, Talanta2017, 174, 265-273.
5. Wei-Long Shi, Feng Guo, Cheng Zhu, Hui-Bo Wang, Hao Li, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Carbon dots anchored on octahedral CoO as a stable visible-light-responsive composite photocatalyst for overall water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5(37), 19800-19807.
6. Yu-Xiang Song, Hao Li, Fang Lu, Hui-Bo Wang, Meng-Ling Zhang, Jin-Jing Yang, Jian Huang,* Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Fluorescent carbon dots with highly negative charge as sensitive probe for real-time monitoring of bacterial -viability, J. Mater. Chem. B 2017, 5 (30), 6008-6015.
7. Feng Guo, Wei-Long Shi, Hui-Bo Wang, Mu-Mei Han, Hao Li, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Facile fabrication of CoO/g-C3N4 p-n heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability for tetracycline degradation under visible light,Catalysis Science & Technology2017, 7 (15), 3325-3331.
8.Wei-Long Shi, Feng Guo, Hui-Bo Wang, Mu-Mei Han, Hao Li, Song-Liu Yuan, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu*, Zhen-Hui Kang,* Carbon dots decorated the exposing high-reactive (111) facets CoO octahedrons with enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability for tetracycline degradation under visible light irradiation, Appl. Catal. B- Environ. 2017, 219, 36-44. IF:9.446
9.Cheng Zhu, Chang’an Liu, Yun-Jie Zhou, Yi-Jun Fu, Si-Jie Guo, Hao Li, Si-Qi Zhao, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Carbon dots enhance the stability of CdS for visible-light-driven overall water splitting, Appl. Catal. B- Environ. 2017, 216, 114–121.
10. Fang Lu, Yu-Xiang Song, Hui Huang, Yang Liu, Yi-Jun Fu, Jian Huang, Hao Li,* Huihua Qu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Fluorescent carbon dots with tunable negative charges for bio-imaging in bacterial viability asses**ent, Carbon 2017,120, 95-102. IF: 6.337
11. Rui Shi, Hao Li, En-Hui Wu, Li-Peng Xiong, Rui Lv, Ruo-Chen Guo, Yang Liu, Guo-Qiang Xu, Zhen-Hui Kang,* Jian Liu,*Simultaneous enzymatic activity modulation and rapid determination of enzyme kinetics by highly crystalline graphite dots, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 8410-8417.
12. Wei-Long Shi, Feng Guo, Hui-Bo Wang, Si-Jie Guo, Hao Li, Yun-Jie Zhou, Cheng Zhu, Yan-Hong Liu, Hui Huang, Bao-Dong Mao,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*New Insight of Water-Splitting Photocatalyst: H2O2‑Resistance Poisoning and Photothermal Deactivation in Sub-micrometer CoO Octahedrons,ACS Mater Interface2017, 9, 20585-20593.
13. Cheng Zhu, Yi-Jun Fu, Chang’an Liu, Yang Liu,* Lu-Lu Hu, Juan Liu, Igor Bello, Hao Li, Nai-Yun Liu, Sijie Guo, Hui Huang, Yeshayahu Lifshitz,* Shuit-Tong Lee,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Carbon Dots as Fillers Inducing Healing/Self-Healing and Anticorrosion Properties in Polymers, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29(32), 1701399.
14. Wei-Long Shi, Feng Guo, Mu-Mei Han, Song-Liu Yuan, Wei-Sheng Guan, Hao Li,* Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*N, S co-doped carbon dots as stable bio-imaging probe for detections of intracellular temperature and antibiotic, J. Mater. Chem. B 2017, 5, 3293-3299.
15. Mu-Mei Han,§ Li-Ping Wang,§ Liang Bai, Yunjie Zhou, Yue Sun, Hao Li, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Pyridine derivatives induced fluorescence in multifunctional modified carbon dots and their application for thermometers, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017, 5, 3964-3969.
16. Yue Sun,# Yunjie Zhou,# Cheng Zhu, Lu-Lu Hu, Mu-Mei Han, Ao-Qi Wang, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,* A Pt-Co3O4-CDs electrocatalyst with enhanced electrocatalytic performance and resistance to CO poisoning achieved by carbon dots and Co3O4 for direct methanol fuel cell, Nanoscale 2017, 9, 5467-5474.
17. Lul-Lu Hu, Yue Sun, Yun-Jie Zhou, Liang Bai, Ya-Lin Zhang, Mu-Mei Han, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,* Nitrogen and Sulfur Co-doped Chiral Carbon Quantum Dots with Independent Photoluminescence and Chirality, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 946–953.
18.Ashish Yadav,‡ Liang Bai,‡ Yan-Mei Yang, Juan Liu, Ajeet Kaushik, Gary J. Cheng, Lin Jiang,* Li-Feng Chi,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Lasing behavior of surface functionalized carbon quantum dot/RhB composites, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 5049-5054.
19. Yuan-Yuan Ma, Cai-Xia Wu, Xiao-Jia Feng, Hua-Qiao Tan,* Li-Kai Yan, Yang Liu, Zhen-Hui Kang,* En-Bo Wang, Yang-Guang Li,*Highly efficient hydrogen evolution from seawater by a low-cost and stable CoMoP@C electrocatalyst superior to Pt/C,Energy Environmental Science2017,10(3), 788-798.
20. Si-Wei Yang, Wei Li, Cai-Chao Ye, Gang Wang, He Tian, Chong Zhu, Peng He, Gu-Qiao Ding,* Xiao-Ming Xie,* Yang Liu, Yeshayahu Lifshitz, Shuit-Tong Lee,* Zhen-Hui Kang,* Mianheng Jiang, C3N-A 2D Crystalline, Hole-Free, Tunable-Narrow-Bandgap Semiconductor with Ferromagnetic Properties, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29(16), 1605625.
21. Feng Guo, Wei-Long Shi, Si-Jie Guo, Wei-Sheng Guan, Yan-Hong Liu,* Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Ni3(C3N3S3)2 coordination polymer as a novel broad spectrum-driven photocatalyst for water splitting into hydrogen, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2017, 210, 205–211.
22. Hai-Liang Hu, Zhen-Yu Guo, Kai-Xuan Li, Xiao-Ling Lin, Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*A spherical deca-vanadophosphate covalent assembled all-inorganic open framework, Dalton Transactions, 2017,46, 3115 - 3119.
23. Li-Ping Wang, Xiu-Qin Wu, Si-Jie Guo, Mu-Mei Han, Yun-Jie Zhou, Yue Sun, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang, Mesoporous nitrogen, sulfur co-doped carbon dots/CoS hybrid as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 2717-2723.
24. Xiuqin Wu,# Juan Zhao,# Li-Ping Wang, Mu-Mei Han, Meng-Ling Zhang, Hui-Bo Wang, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Carbon dots as solid-state electron mediator for BiVO4/CDs/CdS Z-scheme photocatalyst working under visible light, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017, 206, 501-509.
25. Xiu-Qin Wu,$ Cheng Zhu,$ Li-Ping Wang, Si-Jie Guo, Ya-Lin Zhang, Hao Li, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Jun-Wang Tang,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Control Strategy on Two-/Four-Electron Pathway of Water Splitting by Multidoped Carbon Based Catalysts, ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 1637-1645.
26. Si-Qi Zhao, Si-Jie Guo, Cheng Zhu, Jin Gao, Hao Li, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Achieving electroreduction of CO2 to CH3OH with high selectivity using a pyrite–nickel sulfide nanocomposite, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 1376–1381.
27. Si-Jie Guo, Si-Qi Zhao, Jin Gao, Cheng Zhu, Xiu-Qin Wu, Yi-Jun Fu, Hui Huang, Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Cu-CDots nanocorals as electrocatalyst for highly efficient CO2 reduction to formic acid, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 298-304.
28. Liping Wang, Xiuqin Wu, Sijie Guo, Mumei Han, Yunjie Zhou, Yue Sun, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhenhui Kang, Mesoporous nitrogen, sulfur co-doped carbon dots/CoS hybrid as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 2717-2713
29. Mumei Han, Huibo Wang, Siqi Zhao, Lulu Hu, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu*, One-step synthesis of CoO/g-C3N4 composites by thermal decomposition for overall water splitting without sacrificial reagents, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 1691–1696
30. Feng Guo, Weilong Shi, Huibo Wang, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhenhui Kang,Fabrication of a CuBi2O4/g-C3N4 p–n heterojunction with enhanced visible light photocatalytic efficiency toward tetracycline degradation，Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 1714-1720.
31. Feng Guo, Weilong Shi, Weisheng Guan,*Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Carbon dots/g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposite as efficient visible-light driven photocatalyst for tetracycline total degradation, Separation and Purification Technology 2017, 173, 295-303.
32. Weilong Shi, Huachang Lv, Songliu Yuan,*Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhenhui Kang, Near-infrared light photocatalytic ability for degradation of tetracycline using carbon dots modified Ag/AgBr nanocomposites, Separation and Purification Technology 2017, 174, 75-83.
33. Weilong Shi, Huachang Lv, Songliu Yuan,*Hui Huang,* Yang Liu,* Zhenhui Kang,Synergetic effect of carbon dots as co-catalyst for enhanced photocatalytic performance of methyl orange on ZnIn2S4 microspheres, Separation and Purification Technology 2017, 174, 282–289.
34. Yunlong Qin, Naiyun Liu, Hao Li, Yue Sun, Lulu Hu, Siqi Zhao, Dongxue Han,* Yang Liu,* Zhenhui Kang, Li Niu, Oxygen Containing Functional Groups Dominate the Electrochemiluminescence of Pristine Carbon Dots, J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 27546-27554.
