Carbon and Related Composites for Sensors and Energy Storage: Synthesis, Properties, and Application (2nd Edition)
A special issue of C (ISSN 2311-5629). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2025 | Viewed by 2052
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Interests: high-k dielectrics; thin films; energy storage devices; aerogels; carbon-based materials
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Interests: graphene-based porous structures for heterogeneous catalysis (catalysis) and water purification (environment); three-dimensional graphene scaffolds for biomedical applications (biomaterials); nanostructured graphene substrates for selective biomolecules detection (sensors); carbon-based nanoplatforms for detection and therapy of cancer cells (therapeutic agent)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon and carbon nanomaterials, including 0D quantum dots, fullerenes, 1D carbon nanotubes, 2D graphene, reduced graphene oxide, and other carbon-related nanostructures, have shown unique morphological, electrical, thermal, mechanical, electromechanical, and electromagnetic properties and can be used for a wide range of applications. Highly conductive graphene materials are used for chemical and thermal sensors, while composites with carbon-related materials have been used for energy storage in a variety of electrochemical capacitors (supercapacitors) and batteries. Meanwhile, functionalized carbon nanostructures remain a popular topic.
We invite you to contribute original experimental and theoretical full-length research articles, short communications, and review articles to the forthcoming Special Issue titled “Carbon and Related Composites for Sensors and Energy Storage: Synthesis, Properties, and Application (2nd Edition)” in C—Journal of Carbon Research. The first edition included 19 publications and had more than 70,000 views.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate recent advances in the synthesis and functionalization/modification of carbon-based nanomaterials and nanostructures and their characterization techniques, including chemical and physical techniques. This will help other researchers to quickly find related publications and compare them with their own work on carbon nanostructures.
The proposed topics in this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Carbon-related materials, such as carbon, graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, nanodiamonds, nanodots, nanohorns, nanotubes, and nanoribbon;
- Synthesis methods, including surface functionalization and materials with large surface areas;
- Characterization techniques, including microstructural analysis, and chemical, physical, and electrochemical properties;
- Applications in sensors and energy-harvesting systems.
Dr. Olena Okhay
Dr. Gil Goncalves
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- graphene
- graphene oxide
- reduced graphene oxide
- nanodiamonds
- nanodots
- nanohorns
- nanotubes
- nanoribbon
- surface functionalization
- high surface area materials
- microstructural analysis
- chemical and physical properties
- electrochemical properties
- sensors
- energy-harvesting systems
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