1. Yu-Zhi Han, Heng-Chao Zhang, Yan-Mei Yang, Chuan-Xi Li, Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Semi-carbonized nanostructures of carbohydrate for highly efficient photocatalysts,RSC Adv.2015, 5, 58220-58227.

2. Yan-Mei Yang, Wei-Qian Kong, Hao Li, Juan Liu, Man-Man Yang, Hui Huang,Yang Liu,*Zhong-Yang Wang, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Tsun-Kong Sham, Jun Zhong, Chao Wang, Zhuang Liu, Shuit-Tong Lee,Zhen-Hui Kang,* Fluorescent N-doped carbon dots as in vitro and in vivo nanothermometer,ACS Applied Materials Interface2015, 7 (49), 27324–27330.

3. Hao Li, Man-Man Yang, Juan Liu, Ya-Lin Zhang, Yan-Mei Yang, Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,*Zhen-Hui Kang,* A practical and highly sensitive C₃N₄-TYR fluorescent probe for convenient detection of dopamine,Nanoscale2015, 7(28), 12068–12075.

4. Hui Huang, Hai-Liang Hu, Shi Qiao, Liang Bai, Mu-Mei Han, Yang Liu*Zhen-Hui Kang,*Carbon quantum dot/CuSx nanocomposites towards highly efficient lubrication and metal wear repair,Nanoscale2015, 7(26), 11321–11327.

5. Si-Jie Guo, Hao Li, Juan Liu, Yan-Mei Yang, Wei-Qian Kong, Shi Qiao, Hui Huang, Yang Liu,*andZhen-Hui Kang,*Visible light-induced effects of Au nanoparticle on laccase catalytic activity,ACS Applied Materials Interface2015, 7(37), 20937-20944.

6. Yan-Mei Yang, Juan Liu, Si-Jie Guo, Yang Liu,*Zhen-Hui Kang,*Nickel Nanoparticle/Carbon Quantum Dot hybrid as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution under Alkaline Condition,J. Mater. Chem. A2015, 3(36), 18598-18604.

7. Man-Man Yang, Juan Liu, Xing Zhang, Shi Qiao, Hui Huang, Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,* C₃N₄-sensitized TiO₂nanotube arrays with enhanced visible-light photoelectrochemical performance,Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.2015, 17(27), 17887-17893.

8.Hao Li, Sijie Guo, Chuan-Xi Li, Hui Huang, Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Tuning laccase catalytic activity with phosphate functionalized carbon dots by visible light,ACS Applied Materials Interface2015, 7(18), 10004-10012.

9. Hao Li, Wei-Qian Kong, Juan Liu, Nai-Yun Liu, Hui Huang, Yang Liu,* Zhen-Hui Kang,*Fluorescent N-doped carbon dots for both cellular imaging and high-sensitive catechol detection,Carbon2015, 91, 66-75.

10. Jing Sun, Si-Wei Yang, Zhong-Yang Wang, Hao Shen, Tao Xu, Litao Sun, Hao Li, Wen-Wen Chen, Xing-Yu Jiang, Gu-Qiao Ding,*Zhen-Hui Kang,*Xiaoming Xie, and Mian-Heng Jiang, Ultra-High Quantum Yield of Graphene Quantum Dots: Aromatic-Nitrogen Doping and Photoluminescence MechanismPartical & Partical Systems Characterization2015, 32(4), 434–440.

11. Feng Nan, Zhen-Hui Kang,*Jun-Ling Wang, Ming-Rong Shen, Liang Fang,*Carbon quantum dots coated BiVO₄inverse opals for enhanced photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation,Applied Physics Letters2015, 106(15), 153901.

12. Shun-Yan Zhao, Chuan-Xi Li, Juan Liu, Nai-Yun Liu, Shi Qiao, Yu-Zhi Han, Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,*Zhen-Hui Kang,*Carbon Quantum Dots/SnO₂-Co₃O₄Composite for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Water Oxidation,Carbon2015, 92, 64–73.

13. Nai-Yun Liu, Juan Liu, Yan-Mei Yang, Shi Qiao, Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,*Zhen-Hui Kang,*Gold nanoparticle and carbon dot coated SnO₂nanocomposite with high photo-electronic catalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction,Dalton Trans.2015, 44(16), 7318-7323.

14. Yu-Zhi Han, Di Tang, Yan-Mei Yang, Chuan-Xi Li, Wei-Qian Kong, Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,*Zhen-Hui Kang*, Non-metal single/dual doped carbon quantum dots: a general flame synthetic method and electro-catalytic properties,Nanoscale2015, 7(14), 5955-5962.

15. Chang-Hai Liu, Rui-Hua Liu, Qi-Jun Sun, Jian-Bing Chang, Xu Gao, Yang Liu, Shuit-Tong Lee,*Zhen-Hui Kang,*Sui-Dong Wang,*Controlled synthesis and synergistic effect of graphene-supported PdAu bimetallic nanoparticles with tunable catalytic properties,Nanoscale2015, 7(14), 6356-6362.

16.Juan Liu, Yang Liu, Nai-Yun Liu, Yu-Zhi Han, Xing Zhang, Hui Huang, Yeshayahu Lifshitz,*Shuit-Tong Lee,*Jun Zhong,Zhen-Hui Kang,*Metal-free efficient photocatalyst for stable visible water splitting via a two-electron pathway,Science2015,347(6225), 970-974.

17. Bei-Bei Liu, Lliang Bai, Xiao-Ling Lin, Kai-Xuan Li, Hui Huang,*Hai-Liang Hu*,Yang Liu,*Zhen-Hui Kang,Crystal engineering towards the luminescence property trimming of hybrid coordination polymers,CrystEngComm2015, 17(7), 1686-1692.

18. Wei-Qian Kong, Hao Li, Rui-Hua Liu, Juan Liu, Si-Jie Guo, Yu-Zhi Han, Hui Huang,Yang Liu,*Zhen-Hui Kang,*Size-dependent and Real-Time Effect of SiO₂Nanoparticles on a Single Living HeLa Cell Membrane Permeability,J. Mater. Chem. B2015, 3(7), 1198-1203.

19. Yanmei Yang, Naiyun Liu, Shi Qiao, Ruihua Liu, Hui Huang,* and Yang Liu, Silver modified carbon quantum dots for solvent-free selective oxidation of cyclohexane,New J. Chem.2015, 39, 2815-2821.

20. Hao Li, Juan Liu, Si-Jie Guo, Ya-Lin Zhang, Hui Huang,*Yang Liu, and Zhen-Hui Kang, Carbon dots from PEG for highly sensitive detection of levodopa,J. Mater. Chem. B2015, 3(11), 2378-2387.

21. Shi Qiao, Baohu Fan, Yanmei Yang, Naiyun Liu, Hui Huang,*and Yang Liu,*Copper nanoparticle/carbon quantum dots hybrid as green photocatalyst for high-efficiency oxidation of cyclohexane,RSC Adv.2015, 5, 43058-43064.

22. Beibei Liu, Xiaoling Lin, Hao Li, Kaixuan Li, Hui Huang, Liang Bai, Hailiang Hu,*Yang Liu,*and Zhenhui Kang, Luminescent Coordination Polymers for Highly Sensitive Detection of Nitrobenzene,Cryst. Growth Des.2015, 15, 4355−4362.

23. Xiaodie He,^#Yalin Zhang,^#Cheng Zhu, Hui Huang,* Hailiang Hu,* Yang Liu* and Zhenhui Kang, Mesoporous carbon nanoparticles: a super catalyst support for fuel cells,New J. Chem.2015, 39, 8667-8672.

24. Shunyan Zhao,^#Chuanxi Li,^#Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,*and Zhenhui Kang,Phosphate functionalized activated carbon as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction,New J. Chem.2015, 39, 8881-8886.

25. Manman Yang, Weiqian Kong, Hao Li, Juan Liu, Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,*and Zhenhui Kang,Fluorescent carbon dots for sensitive determination and intracellular imaging of zinc(II) ion,Microchimica Acta2015, 182(15), 2443-2450.

26. Shi Qiao, Haitao Li, Hao Li, Juan Liu, Weiqian Kong, Qiaozhen Hu,* Hui Huang,*Yang Liu,*and Zhenhui Kang Label-free carbon quantum dots as photoluminescence probes for ultrasensitive detection of glucose,RSC Adv.2015, 5, 69042-69046.