| CNWs | Carbon nanowalls |
| ECR | Electron cyclotron resonance |
| MW | Microwave |
| RF | Radiofrequency |
| IC | Inductively coupled |
| APPJ | Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet |
| CVD | Chemical vapor deposition |
| PECVD | Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition |
| RDE | Rotating disk electrode |
| CV | Cyclic voltammetry |
| EIS | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy |
| STM | Scanning tunneling microscopy |
| TEM | Transmission electron spectroscopy |
| XPS | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
| AAFM | Acoustic atomic force microscopy |
| ARPES | Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy |
| NEXAFS | Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure |
| SAED | Elective area electron diffraction |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |
| SPEM | Scanning photoemission microscopy |
| UPS | Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy |
| ARIPES | Angle-resolved inverse photoemission spectroscopy |
| LEED | Low-energy electron diffraction |
| WCA | Water contact angle measurements |
| OES | Optical emission spectroscopy |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| ORR | Oxygen reduction reaction |