Preface. 1. New Carbon Materials for Supercapacitors. Subject Overview. Novel Carbonaceous Materials for Application in the Electrochemical Supercapacitors; E. Frackowiak et al.- Effect of Carbonaceous Materials on Performance of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Ni Oxide Types of Electrochemical Capacitors with Alkaline Electrolyte; A. I. Belyakov.- Hybrid Supercapacitors Based on a-MnO2/Carbon Nanotubes Composites; V. Khomenko et al.- Development of Supercapacitors Based on Conducting Polymers; V. Khomenko et al.- Supercapacitors: Old Problems and New Trends; Y. Malein et al.- Modeling Porosity Development During KOH Activation of Coal and Pitch-Derived Carbons for Electrochemical Capacitors; K. Kierzek et al.- General Properties of Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes for Carbon-Based Double Layer Capacitors; A. Lewandowski, M. Galinski.- 2. Carbon Materials for Gas Diffusion Electrodes, Metal Air Cells and Batteries. Subject Overview.- New Concept for the Metal-Air Batteries Using Composites: Conducting Polymers/Expanded Graphite as Catalysts; V. Z. Barsukov et al.- Mechanically Rechargeable Magnesium-Air Cells with NaCl-Electrolyte; A. Kaisheva, I. Iliev.- Application of Carbon-Based Materials in Metal-Air Batteries: Research, Development, Commercialization; A. Kaisheva, I. Iliev.- Metal - Air Batteries with Carbonaceous Air Electrodes and Nonmetallic Catalysts; N. Korovin.- 3. Carbon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Subject Overview.- Carbonaceous Materials for Batteries; T. Takamura, R. J. Brodd.- Anode-Electrolyte Reactions in Li Batteries: The Differences Between Graphitic and Metallic Anodes; H. J. Santner et al.-Performance of Novel Types of Carbonaceous Materials in the Anodes of CLAiO's Lithium-Ion Battery Systems; M. Walkowiak et al.- Why Graphite Electrodes Fail in PC Solutions: An Insight from Morphological Studies; D. Aurbach et al.- New Developments in the Advanced Graphite for Lithium-Ion Batteries; F.-X. Henry et al.- Mechanisms ofReversible and Irreversible Insertion in Nanostructured Carbons Used for Li-Ion Batteries; F. Béguin et al.- Some Thermodynamics and Kinetics Aspects of the Graphite-Lithium Negative Electrode for Lithium-Ion Batteries; R. Yazami et al.- Characterization of Anodes Based on Various Carbonaceous Materials for Application in Lithium-Ion Cells; A. N. Kozhevnikov et al.- A Carbon Composite for the Negative Electrode of Li-Ion Batteries; A. V. Churikov et al.- Electrochemical Intercalation of PF and BF into Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes; R. Yazami et al.- Surface Treated Natural Graphite as Anode Material for High-Power Li-Ion Battery Applications; J. Liu et al.- 4. Emerging Metal/Carbon Composite Anodes for Next Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries. Subject Overview.- On The Theoretical Prerequisites for Application of Novel Materials in Promising Energy Systems; V. Z. Barsukov, J. E. Doninger.- Capabilities of Thin Tin Films as Negative Electrode Active Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries; Y. O. Illin et al.- Composite Anode Materials for High Energy Density Lithium-Ion Batteries; J. S. Gnanaraj et al.- Electrochemical Activity of Carbons Modified by d-Metal Complexes with Ethanolamines; L. G. Reiter et al.- Metal-Graphite Composites as Materials for Electrodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries; L. Matzui et al.- Electrochemical Performance of Ni/Cu-Metallized & Carbon-Coated Graphites for Lithium Batteries; C. S. Johnson et al.- 5. New Nano- Through Macro-Carbons for Energy Systems: Synthesis, Modeling, Characterization. Subject Overview.- Stabilization of Graphite Nitrate via Co-intercalation of Organic Compounds; M. V. Savoskin et al.- Electrochemical Stability of Natural, Thermally Exfoliated and Modified Forms of Graphite towards Electrochemical Oxidation; I. O. Kovalenko et al.- Low Temperature Synthesis of Graphite from Iron Carbide; S. Dimovski et al.- High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Image Analysis of Disordered Carbons Used for Electrochemical