Ultraviolet (UV) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal materials are hailed as the chip of the optoelectronic industry for they play a unique and crucial role in many newly developed scientific and technological applications.At present,due to the relatively single frequency doubling gene types of traditional NLO materials,the service performance of UV NLO materials is fundamentally restricted.Therefore,there is an urgent need to develop new synthesis methods,search for novel functional groups,expand new UV NLO materials systems,screen new high-performance crystals,and then break through performance bottlenecks.Herein,we review the recent progresses on UV NLO crystal materials.Furthermore,we prospect that these recently developed approaches will continuously extend their advantages in developing superior UV NLO materials in the near future.