Welcome to the World Conference on Carbon 2025!

Every year, scientists from the academic and industrial worlds dealing with carbon materials gather to exchange views on all aspects of this fascinating element, from the various materials synthesis processes to their applications, including their characterization and understanding of their properties.

After the Americas (Cancun) in 2023 and Asia (Shenzhen) in 2024, the 2025 edition comes back to Europe and is jointly organized by the Société Francophone d’Étude des Carbones (SFEC) and the University of Rennes, on behalf of the European Carbon Association (ECA). We are delighted to bring the carbon community together in the magnificent historic city of Saint-Malo for, much certainly, a very successful edition of this annual conference.

The scientific program and the social events will provide excellent opportunities to share new results, start or expand fruitful collaborations in all the research and development fields of carbon materials. We are looking forward to meeting you in Saint-Malo (Brittany, France) from June 29th to July 4th, 2025.
On behalf of the whole Organizing Committee,

Nathalie Job,
Conference Chair
Chair of the Société Francophone d’Étude des Carbones

TOPICS

1- Carbon & biology, medicine, safety

Therapy, imaging, toxicity, etc.

 

2- Carbon & environment

Depollution, eco-conception, sustainability, life-cycle analysis, ecotoxicity, sensors, etc.

 

3- Carbon & electrochemical processes and technologies

Batteries and capacitors, fuel cells, functionalization, electrochemical sensors, etc.

 

4- Carbon & catalysis

Photocatalysis, CO2   conversion, electrocatalysis, etc.

 

5- Carbon & electronics

Transistors, field-emission, etc.

 

6- Innovations in synthesis, processing, characterization, and modelling

3D printing, in situ monitoring, coupled techniques, machine learning, etc.

 

7- Innovative materials

New carbons, heterocarbons, heteromaterials, MXenes, etc.

 

8- Carbon for structural applications and thermal management

Fibers and composites, granular carbon, extreme environments, nuclear applications, tribology, etc.

 

9- Carbon nanoforms

Graphene, nanotubes, fullerenes, carbon blacks, soot, nanodiamonds, nanodots, etc.

 

10- Kerogens, coals, cokes, graphite, carbonization/graphitization processes

 

11- sp³ C-rich carbons

Diamond, diamond-like carbon, etc.

 

12- Perspectives on raw materials sourcing for carbon & graphite and industrial processes

 

Deadlines

Abstract submission deadline: January 8th, 2025

Confirmation of acceptance of abstracts: February 28th, 2025

Early bird payment deadline: March 15th, 2025

Payment deadline for oral confirmation: May 15th, 2025

Poster submission deadline: May 30th, 2025

Conference: June 29th – July 4th , 2025

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Prof. Fedor JELEZKO

Prof. Fedor JELEZKO

Ulm University, Germany

Prof. Yan LI

Prof. Yan LI

Peking University, China

Prof. Nigel MARKS

Prof. Nigel MARKS

University of Perth, Australia

Prof. M. Fernando R. PEIRERA

Prof. M. Fernando R. PEIRERA

University of Porto, Portugal

Prof. Patrice SIMON

Prof. Patrice SIMON

Université de Toulouse III, France

CHAIR

Nathalie JOB – University of Liège

Organizing Committee Members

Conchi ANIA – CNRS, Orléans

Jean-Charles ARNAULT – CEA Saclay

Philippe AZAIS – CEA Grenoble

Sandrine BERTHON-FABRY – Mines Paris – PSL

Alberto BIANCO - CNRS, Strasbourg

Sylvie BONNAMY – CNRS, University of Orléans

Colin BOUSIGE – CNRS, University of Lyon

Michel CATALDI – ArianeGroup

Alain CELZARD - University of Lorraine/Jean Lamour Institute

Laurent DUCLAUX – University of Savoie Mont Blanc

Florence GENESTE – CNRS, University of Rennes

Philippe HAPIOT – CNRS, Université of Rennes

Corinne LAGROST – CNRS, University of Rennes

Yann LEROUX – CNRS, University of Rennes

Jean-Marc LEYSSALE – CNRS, University of Bordeaux

Marc MONTHIOUX – CNRS, University of Toulouse

Alain PENICAUD – Consultant

G30 committee

Bénédicte Allard - Tokai Cobex

Benaouda Bestani - University Abdelhamid Ibn Badis-Mostaganem

Vincent Clausse - Mersen

Romuald Dez - Micromeritics

Marc Dubois - Université Clermont Auvergne

Roger Gadiou - IS2M, Mulhouse, France

Claire Hérold - Université de Lorraine

Périne Landois - Université de Montpellier

Lucie Largitte - Université des Antilles

Gulas Michal - IMERYS Graphite & Carbon, Switzerland

Catherine Morlay - INSA Lyon

Roland Pellenq - CNRS, Montpellier, France

Pascal Puech - Université de Toulouse

Gerard Vignoles - LCTS, U. Bordeaux, France

International Advisory Board

Rodney Andrews - Université du Kentucky, USA

Raul Arenal - University of Zaragoza, Spain

Teresa Bandosz - University College of NY, USA

Diego Cazorla - University of Alicante, Spain

Yuan Chen - University of Sidney, Australia

Hui-Ming Cheng - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, China

Benoît Coasne - LIPHY, Université Grenoble Alpes, France

Paula Colavita - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Bastian Etzold - FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Chris Ewels - IMN-CNRS Nantes, France

Amjad Farooq - PIEAS, Nilore, Pakistan

Vanessa Fierro - Institut Jean lamour - CNRS, Nancy-Epinal, France

Emmanuel Flahaut - CIRIMAT, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Elzbieta Frackowiak - Poland

Aneta Fraczek - Université de Cracovie, Poland

Miguel Angel Gilarranz - Univ. Auton. Madrid, Spain

Ken Haenen - Hasselt University, Belgium

Nishihara Hirotomo - Tohoku University, Japan

Raphaël Janot - Université de Picardie, France

Enis Karahan - Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Yoong Ahm Kim - Chonnam National University, South Korea

Krisztina Laszlo - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Maria Jesus Lazaro - CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain

Chang Liu - Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Young Seak Lee - CNU College of Engineering, South Korea

Zulkhair Mansurov - Kazakhstan

Juan Matos Lale - Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile

Peng Lian-Mao - Peking University, Beijing, China

Marc Oliver Loeh - Schunk - Carbon Technology, Heuchelheim, Germany

Vincent Meunier - Pennsylvania State University, USA

Cécilia Ménard-Moyon - CNRS, France

Ana Sofia Mestre - Univ. de Lisboa, Portugal

Emilia Morallón - University of Alicante, Spain

Juan Carlos Moreno - Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Gareth Neighbour - The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Yuta Nishina - Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Okayama, Japan

Philippe Ouzilleau - Mc Gill University, Montréal, Canada

Jun-Ishi Ozaki - Gunma University, Japan

Agustin Perez-Cadenas - University of Granada, Spain

Fabrice Piazza - PUCMM, Dominican Republic

Rene Rangel - IPICyT, Mexico

Magnus Rønning - NTNU, Norway

Arndt Schinkel - Orion Engineerd Carbons, Luxembourg

Swati Sharma - Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Marta Sevilla - INCAR, Oviedo, Spain

Yasushi Soneda - AIST, Tsukuba, Japan

Juan Tascon - Spanish Scientific Research Council, Spain

Mauricio Terrones - Pennsylvania State University, USA

Mark Thies - Clemson University, South Carolina, USA

Minfang Zhang - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Yingying Zhang - Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

SPONSORS & PARTNERS