Dear Colleagues, 

We are pleased to announce the winners of the “C—Journal of Carbon Research 2023 Best Paper Award”. All papers published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 in C—Journal of Carbon Research were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations and downloads, two winners were selected. 

Review article:
Towards Controlled Degradation of Poly(lactic) Acid in Technical Applications
By Stefanie Teixeira, Katarzyna Morawa Eblagon, Filipa Miranda, M. Fernando R. Pereira and José Luis Figueiredo
C 2021, 7(2), 42; doi: 10.3390/c7020042 

Research article:
Comments on the XPS Analysis of Carbon Materials
By David J. Morgan
C 2021, 7(3), 51; doi: 10.3390/c7030051 

Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in C—Journal of Carbon Research in 2023 after peer review. 

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the C—Journal of Carbon Research 2023 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of C—Journal of Carbon Research. 

Kind regards,
C—Journal of Carbon Research Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the C 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published between 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 in C were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the winning paper, which was nominated by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor-in-Chief, has been selected.

One research article:
Biochar and Energy Production: Valorizing Swine Manure through Coupling Co-Digestion and Pyrolysis
By Rubén González, Judith González, José G. Rosas, Richard Smith and Xiomar Gómez
C 2020, 6(2), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/c6020043

The winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper, free of charge, in C in 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to C and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

C Editorial Office

Dear Colleague,

As the Editor-in-Chief of C, I am pleased to announce the winner of the C 2021 Best Paper Award.

The award has been granted to:

Activated Carbons Derived from High-Temperature Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass
By Cristian I. Contescu, Shiba P. Adhikari, Nidia C. Gallego, Neal D. Evans and Bryan E. Biss
C 2018, 4(3), 51; https://doi.org/10.3390/c4030051

The award consists of a certificate, a travel grant (corresponding author) of 500 Swiss Francs, and the opportunity to publish a paper in C in 2021 free of charge, in open access format after the standard peer-review procedure.

On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to C, as well as thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with the award.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Craig E. Banks, C

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of C, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 C Travel Award:

The 2018 C Travel Awardwas grantedto Dr. Xiangcheng Sun, postdoctoral research fellow at Cornell University, USA, who works in the field of Chemical Engineering. His current research centers on the preparation andapplication ofaseries of fluorescentmaterials spanning from polymer doped fluorophore, to fluorescent carbon dots, to small fluorescent molecules.

We congratulate himonhis excellentwork andwouldfurther like to thank all applicants for their interesting and high quality contributions. We also wish to thank the Selection Committee members Drs. Enrico Andreoli, Teresa Álvarez Centeno, Jean-François Morin, and Jandro L. Abotfor their evaluation of candidates.

Dr. Craig E. Banks
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of C, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 C Travel Award.

The award was granted to Dr. Stefano Cinti, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy, who works in the field of analytical chemistry. His current research centers on the field of nanobiosensing systems, in general, and in particular designing printed electrochemical biosensors and paper-based sensing technologies for diagnostics and other applications.

We congratulate him on his excellent work and would further like to thank all applicants for their interesting and high quality contributions. We also wish to thank the Selection Committee members, Drs. Camélia Matei Ghimbeu, Enrico Andreoli, I. Francis Cheng and Jandro L. Abot, for their evaluation of the candidates.

Dr. Craig E. Banks
Editor-in-Chief