In recent years,low-dimensional materials have received extensive attention in the field of electronics and optoelec-tronics.Among them,photoelectric devices based on photoconductive effect in low-dimensional materials have a broad development space.In contrast to positive photoconductivity,negative photoconductivity(NPC)refers to a phenomenon that the conductivity decreases under illumination.It has novel application prospects in the field of optoelectronics,memory,and gas detection,etc.In this paper,we review reports about the NPC effect in low-dimensional materials and systemati-cally summarize the mechanisms to form the NPC effect in existing low-dimensional materials.