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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Preparation of highly graphitized porous carbon and its ethane/ethylene separation performance	123
Recent advances in producing hollow carbon spheres for use in sodium−sulfur and potassium−sulfur batteries	78
N/O co-doped microporous carbon as a high-performance electrode for supercapacitors	70
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	62
Three-dimensional printed carbon-based microbatteries: progress on technologies, materials and applications	57
A wet granulation method to prepare graphite particles with a high tap density for high volumetric energy density lithium-ion storage	55
Carbon-based metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts: past, present and future	49
Design, progress and challenges of 3D carbon-based thermally conductive networks	46
Review of chemical recycling and reuse of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin composites	45
Development of biochar electrode materials for capacitive deionization: preparation, performance, regeneration and other challenges	43
High-surface-area porous carbons produced by the mild KOH activation of a chitosan hydrochar and their CO2 capture	40
A review of the high-concentration processing, densification, and applications of graphene oxide and graphene	39
Superstructured carbon materials: Progress and challenges in energy storage and conversion technologies	38
Application and prospects for using carbon materials to modify lithium iron phosphate materials used at low temperatures	37
Research progress on recovering the components of spent Li-ion batteries	37
A sustainable strategy to prepare porous carbons with tailored pores from shrimp shell for use as supercapacitor electrode materials	36
A review of the catalytic preparation of mesophase pitch	36
Ultrathin hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne nanosheets containing pdclusters used for the degradation of environmental pollutants	35
Diamond related materials for energy storage and conversion applications	35
Preparation of fixed length carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite sheets with isotropic mechanical properties	35
Pitch-based carbon materials: a review of their structural design, preparation and applications in energy storage	34
Research progress on freestanding carbon-based anodes for sodium energy storage	33
Carbon materials for water desalination by capacitive deionization	33
3D printed freestanding ZnSe/NC anodes for Li-ion microbatteries	32
Controllable synthesis of 2D mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon/graphene nanosheets for high-performance micro-supercapacitors	32

Increasing the interlaminar fracture toughness and thermal conductivity of carbon fiber/epoxy composites interleaved with carbon nanotube/polyimide composite films	31
Progress on carbonene-based materials for Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors	31
A new strategy for the efficient exfoliation of graphite into graphene	31
Electrochemical performance of a symmetric supercapacitor device designed using laser-produced multilayer graphene	30
Advances in the use of carbon materials for lithium-air batteries	30
N, S co-doped coal-based hard carbon prepared by two-step carbonization and a molten salt template method for sodium storage	30
Ethanol-assisted direct synthesis of wafer-scale nitrogen-doped graphene for III-nitride epitaxial growth	30
Biomass-derived carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries	30
A review of anode materials for sodium ion batteries	30
Synthesis of Co―N―C catalysts from a glucose hydrochar and their efficient hydrogenation of nitrobenzene	30
A universal strategy for producing 2D functional carbon-rich materials from 2D porous organic polymers for dual-carbon lithium-ion capacitors	29
The production of electrodes for microsupercapacitors based on MoS2-modified reduced graphene aerogels by 3D printing	28
Graphene-based CO2 reduction electrocatalysts: A review	27
Deposition of MnO2 on KOH-activated laser-produced graphene for a flexible planar micro-supercapacitor	27
Carbon-based metal-free nanomaterials for the electrosynthesis of small-molecule chemicals: A review	26
Progress in the graphitization and applications of modified resin carbons	26
Formation of mesophase microbeads from bulk mesophase pitch induced by fullerene	25
Changing the pore structure and surface chemistry of hard carbon by coating it with a soft carbon to boost high-rate sodium storage	25
Microstructure-mechanism-performance relationships in hard carbon anode materials for sodium-ion batteries	25
Synthesis of hexagonal diamond: A review	25
CoN4 active sites in a graphene matrix for the highly efficient electrocatalysis of CO2 reduction	24
Novel thermal interface materials based on mesocarbon microbeads with a high through-plane thermal conductivity	24
Controlling interfacial adhesion during the transfer of large-area 2D materials: mechanisms, strategies, and research advances	24
3D porous NiCo2(CO3)3/reduced graphene oxide aerogel with heterogeneous interfaces for high-efficiency microwave absorption	23
The factors that influence the electrochemical behavior of lithium metal anodes: electron transfer and Li-ion transport	23
Electrochemical methods for the removal of impurities from thegraphite anode in spent ternary lithium-ion batteries	23
Preparation of porous graphitic carbon and its dual-ion capacitance energy storage mechanism	23
Electrochemical oxidation of 2D B, N-codoped carbon nanosheets to improve their pseudo-capacitance	23
Highly lithiophilic Ti3C2T -Mxene anchored on a flexible carbon foam scaffolds as the basis for a dendrite-free lithium metal anode	22
MOF-derived nanocarbon materials for electrochemical catalysis and their advanced characterization	22
Advances in carbon materials for stable lithium metal batteries	22
Preparation of 3D graphene-carbon nanotube-magnetic hybrid aerogels for dye adsorption	21
The use of a ternary metal sulfide loading on carbon fibers as the sulfur host for high performance low-temperature lithium sulfur batteries	21
Recent progress in the research and development of natural graphite for use in thermal management, battery electrodes and the nuclear industry	21
Porous carbons for use in electro-Fenton and Fenton-like reactions	21
Research progress on metal and covalent organic framework-based materials 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
Preparation of a porous carbon from Enteromorpha prolifera with excellent electrochemical properties	21
Fabrication of coal-based oxygen-rich porous carbon nanosheets for high-performance supercapacitors	20
Advances in graphene/molybdenum dichalcogenide-based van der Waals heterostructure photodetectors	20
Research progress on carbon-based materials for electromagnetic wave absorption and the related mechanisms	20
The synthesis of iron-nitrogen sites embedded in electrospun carbon nanofibers with an excellent oxygen reduction reaction activity in alkaline/acidic media	19
Research progress on carbon-based non-metallic nanomaterials as catalysts for the two-electron oxygen reduction for hydrogen peroxide production	19
A review of the use of Mxenes as hosts in lithium metal anodes and the anode formation	19
Defect engineering of carbon-based electrocatalysts for the CO2 reduction reaction: A review	19
Flexible and lightweight graphene grown by rapid thermal processing chemical vapor deposition for thermal management in consumer electronics	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
Microstructure modulation strategies from pitch molecules to derived carbon materials for electrochemical energy storage	19
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

In-situ thermal Raman mapping and stress analysis of CNT/CF/epoxy interfaces	18
Progress in the research of carbon aerogel in photothermal conversion	18