“Carbon-based materials comprise a wide variety of materials including graphene, graphite, porous carbons, carbon nanotubes, and nanofibers, and fullerenes. They are extensively utilized as metal-free catalysts or supports in catalysis, energy (ORR, and Zn-air batteries), and sustainable chemical applications because of their fascinating chemical and physical properties.” “These properties may be boosted and tuned at […]

— From the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Editorial by Guest Editors Manoj Gawande of the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials in Czech Republic, Physical Chemistry; Rajender Varma of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sustainable Technology Division; and Audrey Moores of McGill University in Canada

Tunable Synthesis of Nitrogen Doped Graphene from Fluorographene under Mild Conditions
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 12, 4764–4772
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07161
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Hollow Spherical (Co, Zn)/N, S-Doped Carbons: Efficient Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 23, 18912–18925
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04244
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Hexamine-Coordination-Framework-Derived Co–N-doped Carbon Nanosheets for Robust Oxygen Reduction Reaction
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 26, 9721–9730
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01826</strong>
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N,F-Codoped Carbon Nanocages: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide Electroproduction in Alkaline and Acidic Solutions
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 7, 2883–2891
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07047
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Metal-Free Visible-Light-Induced Dithiol–Ene Clicking via Carbon Nitride to Valorize 4-Pentenoic Acid as a Functional Monomer
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 21, 17574–17579
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b05351
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Enhancing Chemical Interaction of Polysulfide and Carbon through Synergetic Nitrogen and Phosphorus Doping
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 2, 806–813
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04719
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Co8FeS8/N,S-Doped Carbons Derived from Fe-Co/S-Bridged Polyphthalocyanine: Efficient Dual-Function Air-Electrode Catalysts for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 35, 13147–13158
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00124
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Syntheses of N-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots (NCQDs) from Bioderived Precursors: A Timely Update
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 1, 3–49
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04727

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