Contact information

E-mail: congrihong@cqu.edu.cn

Research direction

Synthesis, structure and properties of new metal polyborates; Open framework microporous materials, fluorescence, nonlinear optical crystals and photocatalytic materials.

Representative papers, monographs and patents

(1) Strong f-f excitation and bright red emission in Cd4Gd1-xEuxO(BO3)3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1): near-UV LED pumped red phosphors with low thermal quenching, Chem.-Asian J. 2019, 14, 1541-1548.

(2) Ambient-pressure stabilization of β-GdB3O6 by doping with Bi3+ and color-tunable emissions by co-doping with Tb3+ and Eu3+: the first photoluminescence study of a high-pressure polymorph, Chem.-Asian J. 2017, 12, 1353-1363.

(3) β-RE1-xBixB3O6 (RE= Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Y): Bi3+-substitution induced formation of meta-stable rare earth borates at ambient pressure, Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 9276-9283.

(4) Ba6(Bi1-xEux)9B79O138 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1): synergetic changing of the wavelength of Bi3+ absorption and the red-to-orange emission ratio of Eu3+, J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 6836-6843.

(5) Approaching the structure of REBaB9O16 (RE= rare earth) by characterizations of its new analogue Ba6Bi9B79O138, J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 4431-4437.

(6) ZnGa2-xInxS4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) and Zn1-2y(CuGa)yGa1.7In0.3S4 (0.1 ≤ y ≤ 0.2): optimize visible light photocatalytic H2 evolution by fine modulation of band structures, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2467-2473.

(7) Ga4B2O9: an efficient borate photocatalyst for overall water splitting without co-catalyst, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2945-2949.

(8) An outstanding second-harmonic generation material BiB2O4F: exploiting the electron-withdrawing ability of fluorine, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 170-176.

(9) Systematic study of Cr3+ substitution into octahedra-based microporous aluminoborates, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 5600-5608.

(10) Open-framework gallium borate with boric and metaboric acid molecules inside structural channels showing photocatalysis to water splitting, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 2364-2366.