Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of Novel Carbon Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past couple of decades, the study of carbon-based materials has advanced, especially regarding their application as electrode materials in electrochemical areas, such as energy storage (EES) devices, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts, and CO₂ reduction devices, due to their low cost, wide potential window, relatively inert electrochemistry, and electrocatalytic activity for numerous redox reactions. However, their electrochemical performance has been significantly limited by their low volumetric performance because of their porous structure and the resulting low density. This Special Issue aims to investigate the electrochemical performance of novel carbon materials in energy storage, electrocatalysis, and CO₂ conversion. To achieve this purpose, we will focus on three aspects: (1) improving new methods to produce carbon-based materials; (2) designing and preparing new nanostructures for carbon materials; and (3) investigating the reaction mechanisms occurring on carbon-based electrodes via advanced in situ characterization techniques.

We welcome original research, review, mini-review, and perspective articles. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Development of new techniques to synthesize carbon-based materials, including graphene, graphite, hard carbon, soft carbon, carbon nanotubes, and composite materials containing carbon;
• Design of new strategies to obtain nanostructures (0D, 1D, and 2D) of carbon-based materials;
• Improvement of the electrochemical performance of carbon-based electrode materials in energy storage devices (metal-based batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, metal-air batteries), electrocatalysts, and CO₂ conversion reactions;
• Preparation of lightweight, flexible, wearable electronic devices based on carbon materials;
• Research of the reaction mechanisms of carbon-based electrode materials via advanced characterization techniques, such as in situ XRD, in situ SECM, in situ AFM, in situ Raman, etc.

Dr. Xingke Cai
Dr. Dongqing Liu
Guest Editors

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• carbon-based materials
• energy storage
• electrocatalysts
• CO₂ conversion
• nanostructures
• in situ characterization