Carbon Resources Conversion 2021 awards announced

Over the last four years, Carbon Resources Conversion has achieved great success owing to the efforts of our editors, editorial board members, authors and reviewers. In recognition of significant contributions to the journal, the Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial office would like to present the following awards:

Commitment award

• Guoqing Guan, Hirosaki University, Japan

Editorial excellence award

• Xi Zeng, Beijing Technology and Business University, China
• Xiaogang Hao, Taiyuan University of Technology, China
• Zhennan Han, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, China
• Surachai Karnjanakom, Rangsit University, Thailand
• Atul Sharma, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
• Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
• Yanbin Cui, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Zhongliang Yu, Shangrao Normal University, China

Reviewer award

• Jingpei Cao, China University of Mining and Technology, China
• Xiaolei Fan, The University of Manchester, UK
• Dongsheng Geng, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
• Mallikharjuna Komarneni, Connors State College, USA
• Hui Meng, Jinan Unversity, China

Most-cited paper awards

• Nanocellulose: Extraction and application
  Authors: Patchiya Phanthong, Prasert Reubroycharoen, Xiaogang Hao, Guangwen Xu, Abuliti Abudula, Guoqing Guan
• Synthetic and lignin-based surfactants: Challenges and opportunities
  Authors: Norah Alwadani, Pedram Fatehi
• Iron-based oxygen carriers in chemical looping conversions: A review
  Authors: Zhongliang Yu, Yanyan Yang, Song Yang, Qian Zhang, Jiantao Zhao, Yitian Fang, Xiaogang Hao, Guoqing Guan
• Effect of pellet die diameter on density and durability of pellets made from high moisture woody and herbaceous biomass
  Author: Jaya Shankar Tumuluru
• Electron-driven heterogeneous catalytic synthesis of ammonia: Current states and perspective
  Authors: Ke Wang, Daniel Smith, Ying Zheng
• Biomass production from microalgae Chlorella grown in sewage, kitchen wastewater using industrial CO2 emissions: Comparative study
  Authors: P. KiranKumar, S. VijayaKrishna, S. Swami Naidu, Kavita Verma, D. Bhagawan, V. Himabindu
• Pyrolysis characteristics of waste tire particles in fixed-bed reactor with internals
  Authors: Shipei Xu, Dengguo Lai, Xi Zeng, Lijuan Zhang, Zhennan Han, Jiguang Cheng, Rongcheng Wu, Ondřej Mašek, Guangwen Xu
• Hydrothermal base catalyzed depolymerization and conversion of technical lignin – An introductory review
  Authors: Malte Otromke, Robin J.White, Jörg Sauer
• Pyrolytic carbon derived from spent coffee grounds as anode for sodium-ion batteries
  Authors: Guoliang Gao, Ling-Zhi Cheong, Deyu Wang, Cai Shen
• Hydrothermal carbonization of agricultural residues: A case study of the farm residues -based biogas plants
  Authors: Samar Seyedsadr, Rafat Al Afif, Christoph Pfeifer

Most-downloaded paper awards

• Nanocellulose: Extraction and application
  Authors: Patchiya Phanthong, Prasert Reubroycharoen,  Xiaogang Hao, Guangwen Xu, Abuliti Abudula, Guoqing Guan
• Synthesis and anticholinesterase activity of a novel series of acetazolamide condensed 1,4-dihydropyridines
  Authors: Mudduluru Niranjan Babu, Karthikeyan Elumalai, Sivaneswari Srinivasan, Kalpana Eluri, Manogaran Elumalai, Srinivasan Sivannan
• Effect of pellet die diameter on density and durability of pellets made from high moisture woody and herbaceous biomass
  Authors: Jaya Shankar Tumuluru
• Synthetic and lignin-based surfactants: Challenges and opportunities
  Authors: Norah Alwadani, Pedram Fatehi
• Greenhouses for CO2 sequestration from atmosphere
  Authors: Jie Bao, Wei-Hua Lu, Jigang Zhao, Xiaotao T.Bi

Congratulations to all award recipients who will be presented an electronic certificate. An award ceremony will be held at the 19th Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis of China in Shenyang, China, between 30 October and ­1 November 2021.