Dr. Xuecheng Chen is a Professor at the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin. He mainly investigates the recycling of plastic waste into high-value-added products and the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotube, graphene and porous carbon. His research integrates issues of supercapacitors, batteries, polymers, nanotechnology, and mesoporous material in his study of carbon. He has 162 publications with 6969 citations and a high h-index of 45 (Scopus, 26 October 2023).

Dr. Rudolf Holze is a Professor at Chemnitz University of Technology. The field of study he is best known for is Electrochemistry. This includes materials chemistry (sol–gel chemistry, organometallic compounds and energy materials). His Electrochemistry research incorporates studies dealing with topics such as nanocomposites, nanoparticles, electrode potentials, batteries, supercapacitors and corrosion. He has 383 publications with 15610 citations and a h-index of 64 (Scopus, 26 October 2023).