TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The volatile basic salt is ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium acetate and/or ammonium hydroxide. The catalyst contains a total of less than 500 ppm moieties comprising arsenic, antimony, bismuth or their ions or halo.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The carrier fluid comprises at least one vegetable oil, at least one mineral oil having 15-40C, at least one chlorinated hydrocarbon and/or at least one paraffinic oil. The catalyst comprises an organic acid, volatile basic salt or volatile basic salt and an organic acid. The organic acid is acetic acid, formic acid, propionic acid, maleic acid, oxalic acid, uric acid and/or lactic acid. The nitrogen containing electrochemical modifier is urea and/or melamine. The carbon material comprises a maximum theoretical capacitance of greater than 23 F/cm3 maximum theoretical capacitance, where the capacitance is measured after incubation at 2/85 V and 85 degrees C for 32 hours and at a current density of 0.5 Amp/g employing an electrolyte comprising tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborane in acetonitrile.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Process: The polymer particles in gel form are made via the suspension process, the reactant mixture is a suspension and the process further comprises agitation of the suspension with a mixer. The process further comprises: separating the polymer particles from the carrier fluid to provide separated polymer particles in gel form; heating the reactant mixture to 30-100 degrees C, where the reaction mixture has a pH of less than 7, preferably less than 4 during polymerization and the reaction mixture is at 80 degrees C or more, preferably 80-150 degrees C during polymerization of the reactant mixture; mixing a silicon-containing electrochemical modifier with the polymer precursor mixture, the polymer phase or the continuous phase; mixing a nitrogen-containing electrochemical modifier with the polymer precursor mixture, the polymer phase or the continuous phase; pyrolyzing the polymer gel particles by a method comprising heating the polymer gel particles in an inert atmosphere at 500-2400 degrees C, where the pyrolyzed gel particles have a total pore volume greater than 0.8 cm3/g and a gerameter (GM) of 9-21; pyrolyzing the polymer gel particles by a method comprising heating the condensation polymer gel particles in an inert atmosphere at 500-2400 degrees C and activating the pyrolyzed polymer gel particles in an atmosphere comprising carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, steam and/or oxygen at 800-1300 degrees C, where the pyrolyzed and activated polymer gel particles have a total pore volume greater than 0.6 cm3/g and GM of greater than or equal to 21 or 9-21. The phenolic compound and the crosslinking compounds are prepolymerized with one another to form a prepolymer prior to making the polymer particles. The reaction mixture is aged for 12 hours or less, preferably 6 hours or less at 45-70 degrees C. Preferred Components: The Dv, 50 of the polymer particles is preferably less than or equal to 0.1 mm or less than or equal to 2 mm or greater than or equal to 4 mm. The monomer component is an aqueous mixture comprising the phenolic compound and at least one catalyst. In the process, molar ratio of the phenolic compound to the catalyst is 5-400, preferably 5-50. The reaction mixture further comprises 0.01-20% of a non-ionic surfactant having molecular weight of 100-2000 Daltons. The polymer gel particles comprise a total pore volume of 0.01-1.5 cm3/g, preferably 0.1-0.9 cm3/g. The (Dv, 90-Dv, 10)/Dv, 50 is preferably less than 1. EXAMPLE - 10 ml Of resorcinol and formaldehyde solution (molar ratio of resorcinol:formaldehyde of 0.5:1) was mixed with water/acetic acid solvent (75:25) and ammonium acetate catalyst was added to form a gel solution with solids content of 41 mass%, acid content of 20% and mass ratio of resorcinol to catalyst of 25. The gel solution was allowed to mix for 10 minutes before it was poured into the 100 ml of cyclohexane/0.5 ml of SPAN 80 (RTM: Sorbitan oleate) solution and the temperature was set to 45 degrees C. After 4 hours at 45 degrees C the temperature was increased to 65-70 degrees C and held for 24 hours before the excess cyclohexane was decanted and the resin was placed in a 45 degrees C oven for 10-20 minutes to dry.