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High-Performance Carbon Materials and Their Composites (2nd Edition)

edited by Jinliang Song

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4842 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon; graphite; diamond; composites; coatings; preparation; high performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Sustainable Graphene Materials and Composites: From Green Synthesis to Applications

edited by

Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim

and

Muhammad Taqi-Uddeen Safian

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: graphene; bio-graphene; graphene derivatives; functionalization; nanocomposites; green synthesis; hybrid composite materials; renewable materials; circular economy; environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Carbons for Health and Environmental Protection (2nd Edition)

edited by

Sergey Mikhalovsky

Rosa Busquets

, Geoffrey D. Fowler and

Joaquín Silvestre-Albero

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 29350 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon materials; health; biomedical application; oral adsorbent; environment; soil; water; air; adsorption; catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Carbon Nanohybrids for Biomedical Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Giuseppe Cirillo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19853 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon nanostructures; biomaterials; drug delivery; tissue engineering; nanoparticles; biosensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Optical and Electronic Innovations in Carbon Nanotubes

edited by

Takashi Uchino

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon nanotubes; applications; devices; systems; synthesis; characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Carbon Innovations in Renewable Energy Systems and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Stefan-Marian Iordache

and

Bogdan Biță

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3108 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-based materials; carbon innovations; renewable energy; energy storage; carbon-based electrode; carbon capture; greenhouse gas mitigation; clean fuel catalyst; environmental purification; environmental sustainability; environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Advances in Carbon-Based Materials

edited by

Yerbol Tileuberdi

and Jianzhi Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-based materials; functional carbon materials; nanostructured carbon; carbon composites; waste-to-carbon conversion; carbon materials for road construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

High-Performance Carbon-Based Supercapacitors

edited by

Gourav Bhattacharya

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-based supercapacitors; electrochemical energy storage; hierarchical porous carbon architectures; heteroatom doping and defect engineering; surface and interface modulation; device fabrication and electrode engineering; long cycle life and high energy density

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Recent Advances in Luminescent Carbon Nanomaterials

edited by

Chiara Olla

and

Carlo Maria Carbonaro

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: luminescent carbon nanomaterials; carbon dots; graphene quantum dots; photoluminescence; surface engineering; defect engineering; bioimaging; optical sensing; photocatalysis; optoelectronic devices; energy applications; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

Advanced Catalysis for CO₂ Conversion and Utilization

edited by Hossein Shahbeik and

Nur Hashimah Alias

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 conversion; methanol synthesis; electrocatalysis; photocatalysis; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section CO₂ Utilization and Conversion)

Carbon-Based Polymer Composites: Synthesis, Processing, Characterization and Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Chi-Hui Tsou

and

Patrizia Savi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3949 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-based composites; polymer matrix composites; graphene composites; carbon nanotubes; carbon fiber-reinforced polymers; composite synthesis; material characterization; composite processing techniques; structural applications; environmental applications; aerospace materials; automotive composites; electronic materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

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