Abstract
Activated carbons and other types of porous carbons have attracted many attentions in several industrial fields currently. However, experimental results for characterization of the structure of porous carbons show no distinct features, and accordingly the structural information obtained from the experimental results has been limited to qualitative one. In this review, the author introduced some representative structure models of porous carbon materials from the crystallographic point of view. The progress in quantitative characterization of porous carbons by XRD and TEM was also introduced considering the application to energy storage devices.
