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-C3N4three component electrocatalyst design concept for efficient and tunable CO2reduction to syngas,Nature Communications2017, 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 Nano2017, 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. B2017, 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,Carbon2017,120, 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. B2017, 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 Co3O4for direct methanol fuel cell,Nanoscale2017, 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)2coordination polymer as a novel broad spectrum-driven photocatalyst for water splitting into hydrogen,Applied Catalysis B: Environmental2017, 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 CO2to 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 CO2reduction 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-C3N4composites 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 pn heterojunction with enhanced visible light photocatalytic efficiency toward tetracycline degradationInorg. 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 Technology2017, 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 Technology2017, 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 ZnIn2S4microspheres,Separation and Purification Technology2017, 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. C2017, 121, 27546-27554.