Carbon-Based Catalysts and Electrocatalysts: Synthesis and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Carbon catalysts and electrocatalysts, the focus of this Special Issue, are essential in many fields of science, engineering, and technology, which is why papers reporting on “carbon materials” are published in journals in a wide range of specialties. The interest in carbon materials is related to the existence of several carbon sources, production methods, and widespread applications of carbon materials because of the ability of carbon atoms to form various bonding arrangements, yielding materials with diverse properties and applications. In addition, carbon materials can be easily tuned for specific applications.

Traditionally, carbon materials like activated carbons, carbon blacks, and graphitic materials have been integral to adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis, serving as catalyst supports or catalysts themselves. Activated carbons, renowned for their high surface area, excel as adsorbents in applications ranging from drinking water purification to gas filtration. However, their application in the catalyst market has gained increasing attention, especially for their use as catalyst supports. An example can be found in hydrogenation reactions. Carbon materials can be used to support precious metals, ensuring stability, good dispersion of particles, and easy metal recovery after use.

Moreover, carbon materials play a vital role in electrocatalysis, which is an expanding field with applications in energy conversion and storage. Electrocatalysts based on carbon materials exhibit promising performance in various electrochemical reactions, including the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). These materials offer high surface areas, excellent electrical conductivity, and tunable surface chemistry, making them attractive candidates for next-generation energy technologies.

Additionally, continuous advancements have led to the synthesis of novel carbon nanomaterials and composites day by day and their application across new and emerging scientific domains.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide readers with the latest research progress and state-of-the-art technologies developed in the synthesis, characterization, and applications of carbon materials in catalysis and electrocatalysis.

Dr. Jose L. Diaz De Tuesta
Dr. Fernanda Fontana Roman
Guest Editors

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• char
• activated carbon
• carbon materials
• nanostructured carbons
• carbon composites
• carbon catalysts
• carbonaceous supports
• activation methods
• carbonization
• graphitization
• superporous materials
• doped carbons
• functionalized carbons
• carbon surface chemistry
• carbon molecular sieves
• ordered mesoporous carbons
• carbon-coated materials
• carbon electrodes