中文摘要：

水热碳化法是一种简单、高效、绿色的产碳途径，在开发新型碳材料和碳基复合材料，及扩大这些材料的应用领域方面具有广阔的发展前景。介绍了水热碳化法的反应机理和特点，对其在一些重要领域的应用情况进行了综述，分析了水热碳化法存在的问题，并展望了其发展前景及未来研究方向。

英文摘要：

Hydrothermal carbonization is a simple, efficient and green method to produce carbon materials. Itnot only has broad prospects in developing new carbon materials and carbon matrix composites, but also expands theapplications of these materials. Firstly, the mechanism and features of hydrothermal carbonization are presented. Sub-sequently its applications in some important fields are reviewed. Finally the problems existing in the hydrothermal car-bonization reaction and the future research directions are also proposed.