ABSTRACT
Carbon science and electrochemistry are interconnected since the early days of both disciplines [1]. Electrochemistry provides significant inputs for characterization and, eventually, practical applications of carbon materials, e.g. in Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. The discovery of fullerenes and nanotubes promoted further electrochemical research on carbons in general
and on nanocarbons in particular [2]. A possibility to synthesize carbons electrochemically (the so-called ‘‘electrochemical carbons’’ [3]) was explored much less. In general, electrochemical preparations are restricted to energetically demanding syntheses of unstable and reactive products, which are hardly accessible by other reactions. The production of chlorine, aluminum, alkali metals, ozone etc. are examples of such syntheses, which have even been scaled up to an industrial level.
