2026 Volume 41 Issue 2

1. Functionalized carbon dots from natural precursors for environmental remediation and renewable energy technologies
Habtamu F Etefa, Francis B. Dejene
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2. Recent advances in the characterization and applications of biochar and hydrochar
Bruna Rijo, Ana Paula Soares Dias
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3. Carbon nanotube-based materials as capacitive deionization electrodes
Xiaomei Wang
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4. Low-cost synthesis of large graphene oxide flakes by the total oxidation of large natural graphite flakes
Yuanyuan Zhang, Jianbin Mai, Wei Chen, Wenlong Zhang, … Feiyu Kang
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5. Fe3C-coated nitrogen-doped CNT/cattail-derived carbon microtube composites for efficient microwave absorption
Fei Huang, Peikun Wu, Chang Wang, Min Zhang, … Xiangkai Kong
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6. Laser-synthesized metastable bismuth nanocrystals chemically bonded to reduced graphene oxide for excellent lithium storage
Yanxia Su, Xiuhai Zhang, Yuqian Qiu, Miaohan Ban, … Hongqiang Wang
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7. The doping of coal-based activated carbon with both B and N for use as the cathode of high performance aqueous zinc-ion hybrid capacitors
Shuyuan Liu, Zhen Tian, Yanzhong Wang, Rui Zhou, Zhichao Zheng
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8. A fast bismuth-carbon composite anode for achieving kinetic matching between the anode and cathode of sodium-ion capacitors
Xiaoge Man, Xinli Huang, Xinyue Min, Yijie Yan, … Rutao Wang
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9. Ketjenblack-reinforced chloroprene rubber / brominated butyl rubber blends: A leap forward in Ozone and UV stability, Air Permeability, and Tribological performance
Rakesh Reghunath, Dileep P, Mehar Al Minnath, Unnikrishnan T G, … Jinu Paul
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10. The loading of nano-bimetallic catalysts onto coal tar pitch-based activated carbon fibers for the efficient reduction of p-nitrophenol
Fuhu Li, Jing You, Qianyu Zhang, Ye Zhang, Junfeng Rong
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11. A combination of biomass-derived carbon quantum dots and metal-doped TiO2 for enhanced visible light photodegradation
Noona Shahada Kunnath Parambil, Selwin Joseyphus Raphael, Pushparajan Joseph, Arish Dasan
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12. Surfactant-free synthesis of mixed-phase (cubic + hexagonal) gold and gold-graphene core-shell nanowires
Wei Zhang, Ruiwen Hu, Rong Yang, Igor M. De Rosa, … Wenbo Xin
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13. The improved tribo-mechanical performance of MWCNT–hBN hybrid reinforced Al nanocomposites
Arka Ghosh, Nityananda Sahoo, Pankaj Shrivastava, Bappa Das, … Velaphi Msomi
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14. A larger work function in hybrid hard carbon-graphite negative electrodes produces a thermally stable solid electrolyte interphase for lithium-ion batteries at 65 °C floating charge conditions
Yalu Han, Hao Wang, Lijing Xie, Jingpeng Chen, … Fangyuan Su
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