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New Insights into High Performance Carbon-Based Electrode Materials

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1261

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State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of New Energy and Materials, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
Interests: electrode material preparation; high-energy secondary batteries; functional electrocatalysts; energy conversion and storage

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State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Changping, Beijing 102249, China
Interests: lithium/sodium ion battery; cathode material; carbon material; electrocatalysts; oxygen evolution

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

High-performance carbon-based electrode materials have important applications in energy storage and conversion fields such as supercapacitors, lithium/sodium -ion batteries, and fuel cells. In recent years, researchers have made remarkable progress in material design, preparation methods and performance optimization. The research of high-performance carbon-based electrode materials is developing in the direction of structural design, doping, composite, defect engineering, etc., combined with green preparation and advanced characterization technology, it is expected to achieve greater breakthroughs in the field of energy storage and conversion in the future.

This Special Issue aims to explore the latest developments in the preparation, characterization and application of high-performance carbon-based electrode materials. We hope this Special Issue will provide insights into the latest advances in energy storage and conversion fields.

Dr. Yongpeng Cui
Guest Editor

Dr. Chong Xu
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • carbon materials
  • energy storage and conversion
  • battery
  • supercapacitor
  • electrode material

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White-Rot Fungal Pretreatment for High-Performance Bamboo-Derived Carbon-Based Supercapacitor Electrodes
by Jian Zhang, Lin Lin, Tianyao Jiang, Jiaming Cao, Jun Zhang, Jing Qin and Hengnan Liang
Molecules 2025, 30(16), 3430; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30163430 - 20 Aug 2025
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Bamboo, as a rapidly renewable biomass material, has garnered significant attention in contemporary research due to its cost effectiveness as a viable source for supercapacitor electrode materials. However, untreated bamboo as an electrode material often leads to poor connectivity and uneven pore distribution. [...] Read more.
Bamboo, as a rapidly renewable biomass material, has garnered significant attention in contemporary research due to its cost effectiveness as a viable source for supercapacitor electrode materials. However, untreated bamboo as an electrode material often leads to poor connectivity and uneven pore distribution. This study introduces a novel approach by using bamboo-derived biological carbon as a conductive substrate, subjecting it to carbonization through white-rot fungal pretreatment to enhance the pore structure and then loading it with nano-MnO2 sheets via a hydrothermal process. The result is a binderless, self-supporting supercapacitor electrode material, denoted as MnO2/hyphae/bamboo-derived carbon (HBC-2M). When compared to untreated bamboo carbon (HBC-0), HBC-2M exhibits an increased number of energy storage sites, enhanced electrolyte ion transport channels, and superior electrochemical performance. HBC-2M achieves a maximum mass-specific capacitance of 133.69 F·g−1 and a maximum area-specific capacitance of 2367.95 mF·cm−2 and retains approximately 87.46% of its capacitance after 2000 cycles. This research suggests a promising future for bamboo charcoal in supercapacitors. Full article
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