Fullerene, a new allotrope of carbon with a spherical-shaped molecular structure, draws substantial attention of nano-scientists nowadays because of having numerous applications in different industrial fields such as materials science, building nano-sensors, modified composites, molecular drug containers, etc. This is the reason why having knowledge about fullerene is essential for any scientist working in any related field. Although fullerene is highly applicable, the high costs of its production has prevented its widespread use. There are numerous fullerene synthesis methods introduced by scientists, any of which has its own benefits, disadvantages, production costs, and parameters to be improved. In this review, fullerene preparation methods set up by various scientists were introduced and production process of each method was explained. Afterwards, each method and its important parameters, along with its direct effect on production yield and ways of improvement for each parameter, were discussed. Finally, all the methods were compared with one another, followed by selecting the methods which appeared to be economically justifiable for use in mass production.

富勒烯是一种具有球形分子结构的新型碳同素异形体，由于在材料科学，建筑纳米传感器，改性复合材料，分子药物容器等不同工业领域中的大量应用，如今引起了纳米科学家的广泛关注。这就是为什么对富勒烯有了解对任何从事相关领域工作的科学家而言至关重要的原因。尽管富勒烯是高度适用的，但是其生产的高成本阻止了其的广泛使用。科学家们引入了许多富勒烯合成方法，每种方法都有其自身的优点，缺点，生产成本和需要改进的参数。在这篇综述中，介绍了由各种科学家建立的富勒烯制备方法，并解释了每种方法的生产过程。然后，讨论了每种方法及其重要参数，以及对产量的直接影响以及每种参数的改进方法。最后，将所有方法相互比较，然后选择在批量生产中似乎在经济上合理的方法。