NOVELTY - Functionalized porous carbon electrode material having a specific surface area greater than 10 m2/g and less than 3000 m2/g and the form of a powder where the average particle size is greater than 100 nm and smaller than 100 mu m in its largest dimension, is claimed. The porous carbon comprises pores of above average pore size and pores of below average pore size, and the pores of above average pore size have an average diameter larger than 2 nm and pores of below average pore size are smaller than 5 mu m.    USE - The functionalized porous carbon electrode material is useful in: an electrochemical cell (claimed); an electrochemical energy storage devices such as electrochemical capacitors; and secondary batteries, primary batteries, metal/air batteries, fuel cells and flow batteries.    ADVANTAGE - The functionalized porous carbon electrode material: exhibits a greater amount of energy stored per unit mass and per unit volume versus that of commercially available activated carbons; exhibits fast charge rates or rate symmetry, excellent charge/discharge energy efficiency and excellent cycle life; and utilizes raw materials of low cost and is manufactured in a simple manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Functionalized porous carbon electrode material having a specific surface area greater than 10 m2/g and less than 3000 m2/g and the form of a powder where the average particle size is greater than 100 nm and smaller than 100 mu m in its largest dimension, is claimed. The porous carbon comprises pores of above average pore size and pores of below average pore size, and the pores of above average pore size have an average diameter larger than 2 nm and pores of below average pore size are smaller than 5 mu m, where the precursor materials for the functionalized carbon comprise at least one carbon-containing compound as a carbon source for synthesized carbon, at least one templating agent, and at least one functionality inducing agent. The functionality-inducing agent is incorporated in the form of at least one of a heteroatom dopant, physical mixture forming a composite matrix of the synthesized carbon and/or a deposit upon the carbon surface. The precursor source material for the synthesized carbon or doped carbon is at least one of an aromatic hydrocarbon, hydrolyzed benzene, amine, aniline, aldehyde, dialdehyde, gelatin compound, monosaccharide, disaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide, thermoplastic polymer and a thermoplastic fluoropolymer. The templating agent is at least one compound comprising metal-containing compounds where each comprises a metal A and material B, or a combination of metal A, material B and at least one cation species, where metal A is ions of the elements including magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, lithium, manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, aluminum, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, tungsten, tantalum, lead, tin, titanium, copper, zinc, niobium and/or silicon, and the material B comprises at least one of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, carbon and/or fluorine. The heteroatom dopant comprises at least one P-block element including nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, boron, chlorine, gallium, germanium, selenium, bromine and iodine. The functionalizing agent incorporated as a composite carbon physical mixture comprises at least one precursor material comprising of a preformed carbon and an inorganic compound, where the preformed carbon is at least one of carbon microfibers, carbon nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanowires, graphene, reduced graphene oxide, graphene oxide, graphite and carbon black, and the inorganic compound contains material A1 and material B1, or a combination of material A1, material B1 and at least one cation species, where material A1 is manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, aluminum, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, tungsten, tantalum, lead, tin, titanium, copper, zinc, niobium, silicon, sodium, potassium, lithium, magnesium, and/or calcium, and material B1 is selected from a group of consisting of oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen and/or sulfur. The functionalizing agent incorporated as a surface deposit comprises at least one of metal oxide, electro-active polymer, electro-active polymer which is doped with at least one inorganic species, and transition metal hexacyanometalate, where the metal oxide deposit contains material A1 and material B1, or a combination of material A1, material B1 and at least one cation species, or a combination of material A1, material B1 and at least one cation species and water. The electro-active polymer comprises at least one of a redox polymer or a conductive polymer, and the electro-active polymer is polypyrrole, polyaniline, poly-3 ,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, poly(o-methoxyaniline), poly-1,5-diaminoanthraquinone, polyquinoxaline, polyindole, cyclic indole trimers (CIT), 5-carboxy CIT, 5-cyano CIT, polyacene, polyacetylene, poly(vinylpyridine), tetramethylpyridine, polythiophene and/or their derivatives. The dopant of the electro-active polymer is at least one element including oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen and/or sulfur, manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, aluminum, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, tungsten, tantalum, lead, tin, titanium, copper, zinc, niobium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and lithium. The transition metal hexacyanometalate is of formula (I). The average thickness of the surface deposit is greater than 5 nm and less than 1000 nm.    A2 = insertion cation of valence V3 of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium;    M1 = metal ion of valence V1 including Mn, Ni, Co, Fe, Al, Cr, Mo, V, W, Ta, Pb, Sn, Ti, Cu, Zn or Nb;    M2 = metal ion of valence V2 including Mn, Ni, Co, Fe, Al, Cr, Mo, V, W, Ta, Pb, Sn, Ti, Cu, Zn or Nb;    a, b, c, d = stoichiometry of the complex; and    x = stoichiometry of coordinated water molecules.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an electrochemical cell having at least one electrode comprising the material, comprising: an electrolyte; an electronically insulating but ionically conductive separator film; a pair of electrodes or in the case of a device using electrodeposition and dissolution processes as anode functionality, an electrode and an anode deposition substrate (ADS) separated by the separator and electrolyte, where each electrode or electrode/ADS combination is physically attached and electronically connected to a current collector (2); and a composite carbonaceous paste.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a cross-sectional view of the coating on a porous carbon forming a film-functionalized electrode material.    Bare carbon structure (1)    Current collector (2)    Oxide layer on the electrode carbon (3)