OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of New Carbon Materials is 18. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Recent advances in producing hollow carbon spheres for use in sodium−sulfur and potassium−sulfur batteries	114
Construction of a flexible, integrated rechargeable Li battery based on a coaxial anode with a carbon fiber core encapsulated in FeNiMnO4 and a nitrogen-doped carbon sheath	69
Carbon-based metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts: past, present and future	62
Preparation of highly graphitized porous carbon and its ethane/ethylene separation performance	59
Review of chemical recycling and reuse of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin composites	53
Development of biochar electrode materials for capacitive deionization: preparation, performance, regeneration and other challenges	51
Design, progress and challenges of 3D carbon-based thermally conductive networks	50
Three-dimensional printed carbon-based microbatteries: progress on technologies, materials and applications	50
High-surface-area porous carbons produced by the mild KOH activation of a chitosan hydrochar and their CO2 capture	49
N/O co-doped microporous carbon as a high-performance electrode for supercapacitors	45
A review of the catalytic preparation of mesophase pitch	45
A wet granulation method to prepare graphite particles with a high tap density for high volumetric energy density lithium-ion storage	45
Research progress on recovering the components of spent Li-ion batteries	43
A sustainable strategy to prepare porous carbons with tailored pores from shrimp shell for use as supercapacitor electrode materials	40
A review of the high-concentration processing, densification, and applications of graphene oxide and graphene	39
Application and prospects for using carbon materials to modify lithium iron phosphate materials used at low temperatures	38
A review of three-dimensional graphene networks for use in thermally conductive polymer composites: construction and applications	38
Ultrathin hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne nanosheets containing pdclusters used for the degradation of environmental pollutants	36
Preparation of fixed length carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite sheets with isotropic mechanical properties	36
Controllable synthesis of 2D mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon/graphene nanosheets for high-performance micro-supercapacitors	34
A new strategy for the efficient exfoliation of graphite into graphene	33
3D printed freestanding ZnSe/NC anodes for Li-ion microbatteries	31
Research progress on freestanding carbon-based anodes for sodium energy storage	31
Increasing the interlaminar fracture toughness and thermal conductivity of carbon fiber/epoxy composites interleaved with carbon nanotube/polyimide composite films	31
A universal strategy for producing 2D functional carbon-rich materials from 2D porous organic polymers for dual-carbon lithium-ion capacitors	30

Progress on carbonene-based materials for Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors	30
Synthesis of Co―N―C catalysts from a glucose hydrochar and their efficient hydrogenation of nitrobenzene	30
Pitch-based carbon materials: a review of their structural design, preparation and applications in energy storage	30
Carbon materials for water desalination by capacitive deionization	30
Ethanol-assisted direct synthesis of wafer-scale nitrogen-doped graphene for III-nitride epitaxial growth	29
Electrochemical performance of a symmetric supercapacitor device designed using laser-produced multilayer graphene	29
Carbon-based metal-free nanomaterials for the electrosynthesis of small-molecule chemicals: A review	28
Deposition of MnO2 on KOH-activated laser-produced graphene for a flexible planar micro-supercapacitor	28
A review of anode materials for sodium ion batteries	27
The production of electrodes for microsupercapacitors based on MoS2-modified reduced graphene aerogels by 3D printing	27
Graphene-based CO2 reduction electrocatalysts: A review	27
Biomass-derived carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries	26
N, S co-doped coal-based hard carbon prepared by two-step carbonization and a molten salt template method for sodium storage	26
A review of graphene-based films for heat dissipation	26
Synthesis of hexagonal diamond: A review	26
Progress in the graphitization and applications of modified resin carbons	26
Changing the pore structure and surface chemistry of hard carbon by coating it with a soft carbon to boost high-rate sodium storage	26
Preparation of a porous carbon from Enteromorpha prolifera with excellent electrochemical properties	26
Electrochemical oxidation of 2D B, N-codoped carbon nanosheets to improve their pseudo-capacitance	25
Electrochemical methods for the removal of impurities from thegraphite anode in spent ternary lithium-ion batteries	24
Preparation of porous graphitic carbon and its dual-ion capacitance energy storage mechanism	24
Novel thermal interface materials based on mesocarbon microbeads with a high through-plane thermal conductivity	23
Controlling interfacial adhesion during the transfer of large-area 2D materials: mechanisms, strategies, and research advances	23
Preparation of 3D graphene-carbon nanotube-magnetic hybrid aerogels for dye adsorption	23
CoN4 active sites in a graphene matrix for the highly efficient electrocatalysis of CO2 reduction	23
Formation of mesophase microbeads from bulk mesophase pitch induced by fullerene	22
MOF-derived nanocarbon materials for electrochemical catalysis and their advanced characterization	22
3D porous NiCo2(CO3)3/reduced graphene oxide aerogel with heterogeneous interfaces for high-efficiency microwave absorption	22
The factors that influence the electrochemical behavior of lithium metal anodes: electron transfer and Li-ion transport	21
Recent progress in the research and development of natural graphite for use in thermal management, battery electrodes and the nuclear industry	21
Highly lithiophilic Ti3C2T -Mxene anchored on a flexible carbon foam scaffolds as the basis for a dendrite-free lithium metal anode	21
Advances in carbon materials for stable lithium metal batteries	21
Fabrication of coal-based oxygen-rich porous carbon nanosheets for high-performance supercapacitors	21
Ablation behaviour and mechanical performance of ZrB2-ZrC-SiC modified carbon/carbon composites prepared by vacuum infiltration combined with reactive melt infiltration	21
Porous carbons for use in electro-Fenton and Fenton-like reactions	21
Advances in graphene/molybdenum dichalcogenide-based van der Waals heterostructure photodetectors	20
The use of a ternary metal sulfide loading on carbon fibers as the sulfur host for high performance low-temperature lithium sulfur batteries	20
Research progress on carbon-based materials for electromagnetic wave absorption and the related mechanisms	20
Research progress on metal and covalent organic framework-based materials for high-performance supercapacitors	20
Research progress on carbon-based non-metallic nanomaterials as catalysts for the two-electron oxygen reduction for hydrogen peroxide production	19
Bismuth nanoparticles anchored on N-doped graphite felts to give stable and efficient iron-chromium redox flow batteries	19
A correlation of the hydrogen evolution reaction activity to the number of defects formed by the decomposition of doped phosphorus species in carbon nanotubes	19
Flexible and lightweight graphene grown by rapid thermal processing chemical vapor deposition for thermal management in consumer electronics	19
A review of the use of Mxenes as hosts in lithium metal anodes and the anode formation	19
The synthesis of iron-nitrogen sites embedded in electrospun carbon nanofibers with an excellent oxygen reduction reaction activity in alkaline/acidic media	19
Defect engineering of carbon-based electrocatalysts for the CO2 reduction reaction: A review	19
Carbon-based flexible electrodes for electrochemical potassium storage devices	18
A review of biomass-derived carbon materials for lithium metal anodes	18
A N-doped carbon with encapsulated Fe and Co particles derived from a metal organic framework for use as the anode in lithium-ion batteries	18
A review of carbon material-based Z-scheme and S-scheme heterojunctions for photocatalytic clean energy generation	18

Templating synthesis of porous carbons for energy-related applications: A review	18
Progress in the research of carbon aerogel in photothermal conversion	18