Functional nanoporous carbon based materials derived from oxocarbon metal coordination complexes Nanoporous carbon based materials are of particular interest for both science and industry due to their exceptional properties such as a large surface area high pore volume high electroconductivity as well as high chemical and thermal stability. Benefiting from these advantageous properties nanoporous carbons proved to be useful in various energy and environment related applications including energy storage and conversion catalysis gas sorption and separation technologies. The synthesis of nanoporous carbons classically involves thermal carbonization of the carbon precursors (e.g. phenolic resins polyacrylonitrile poly(vinyl alcohol) etc.) followed by an activation step and or it makes use of classical hard or soft templates to obtain well defined porous structures. However these synthesis strategies are complicated and costly; and make use of hazardous chemicals hindering their application for large scale production. Furthermore control over the carbon materials properties is challenging owing to the relatively…