Two novel organic-inorganic hybrid borotungstates are decorated by two disparate ligands: (H 2 bibp) 2 [bibp{Cu(bipy)(bibp)} 2 {Cu(bipy)Cl} 2 {BW 12 O 40 } 2 ]Á3H 2 O (1) and [{Cu(bipy) 2 }{Cu(bipy)(Hbtb)}{BW 12 O 40 }](2) (bipy = 2,2 0 -bipyridine, bibp = 4,4 0 -bis(imidazolyl)biphenyl, btb = 1,4-bis(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)benzene) have been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, IR, TG, UV-Vis, XRD and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 exhibits an interesting network consisting of two [BW 12 O 40 ] 5À ({BW 12 }) polyoxoanion units linked by two kinds of copper ions to shape a hole structure. Each unit is linked through [bibp{Cu(bipy)(bibp)} 2 {Cu(bipy)Cl} 2 ] 6+ to form a Z-type one-dimensional (1-D) chain by alternating the single/double-bridge connection. Compound 2 is composed of {BW 12 } polyoxoanions and the [{Cu(bipy) 2 }{Cu(bipy)(Hbtb)}] 5+ coordination cation, connected by a {Cu-btb-Cu} single-bridge to generate a novel 1-D network. There are p-p stacking interactions or supramolecular interactions all throughout to construct two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) architectures. The photocatalytic properties, electrochemical properties and electrocatalytic activities of these two compounds have been investigated in detail.