Junhong Chen is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Wisconsin. Zheng Bo is an associate professor at the State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization of Zhejiang University. Ganhua Lu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Alaska, Anchorage.

• Introduction.- The Properties of Vertically-oriented Graphene.- PECVD Synthesis of Vertically-oriented Graphene: Mechanism and Plasma Sources.- PECVD Synthesis of Vertically-oriented Graphene: Precursor and Temperature Effects.- Atmospheric PECVD Growth of Vertically-oriented Graphene.- Vertically-oriented Graphene for Sensing and Environmental Applications.- Vertically-oriented Graphene for Supercapacitors.- Vertically-oriented Graphene for Other Energy Storage and Conversion Applications.- Conclusions and outlook.