Synthesis Strategies of Various Carbon Materials

Carbon materials have been known since early human activities for heating purposes and basic daily life. With the development and the industrial revolution, the need for carbon materials for energy and scientific developments became inevitable. The diverse forms of carbon materials include cheap allotropy such as graphite and expensive such as diamond. The synthesis strategies are divided into natural and laboratory. The synthesis of carbon nanotubes in different forms has added many applications to the field. Moreover, graphene and its doped forms are considered a huge expansion into the chemistry of carbon materials. Here in this chapter, we discuss the fundamentals of the synthesis strategies of carbon materials.