Synthesis and Characterisation of Carbon-Based Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: continuous hydrothermal flow synthesis; carbon materials; synthetic chemistry and MXene
Interests: hydrothermal carbonisation; carbon materials; materials science; CO2 Adsorption
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon based materials represent one of the most popular classes of materials, often mentioned across multiple fields of research and technology. Their diversity, ranging from 0D fullerenes and carbon quantum dots to 1D carbon nanotubes, 2D graphene, and 3D porous carbons, offers them essential physical and chemical properties, such as high electrical and thermal conductivity, large specific surface area, tunable porosity, and great chemical and thermal stability. Based on these outstanding characteristics, carbon-based materials have been included in various applications, for example, energy storage (in batteries and supercapacitors), gas capture and separation, catalysis and electrocatalysis, water treatment and purification. This Special Issue will focus on the ongoing research into the synthesis and functionalization of carbon-based materials, as well as their characterization, aiming to offer new strategies and additional insights for the development of advanced carbon materials for energy and environmental applications.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Synthesis of Carbon-based Materials via:
- Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Synthesis (CHFS);
- Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC);
- Pyrolysis (Thermal decomposition);
- Template-Assisted Methods (hard/soft template);
- Biomass-derived Carbon (physical/chemical activation);
- Arc Discharge Method;
- Laser Ablation ;
- Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD);
- Sol–Gel Method;
- Plasma-Assisted Methods.
- Structural Characterization (XRD, Raman Spectroscopy, FTIR);
- Morphological Characterization (SEM, TEM, AFM);
- Surface Area and Porosity;
- Chemical Composition and Elemental Analysis (XPS, EDS/EDX, CHN/O);
- Optical Properties (UV-VIS, PL Spectroscopy);
- Thermal Properties (TGA, DSC);
- Electrical Properties (4-point probe, CV, EIS).
Dr. Ioan Alexandru Baragau
Dr. Sabina Alexandra Nicolae
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon quantum dots
- carbon nanotubes
- porous carbon
- CHFS
- HTC
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