Abstract: Activated carbon products and methods for making same. In one example, activated carbon products can have a specific surface area of at least 3,050 m2/g to about 7,000 m2/g, a pore volume of about 3 cm3/g to about 10 cm3/g, and an average pore size of about 0.5 nm to about 150 nm. In one example, activated carbon products can be made by reacting a hydroxybenzene compound and an aldehyde compound in the presence of a solvent to produce a prepolymer. The prepolymer and an additive can be reacted to produce a wet gel product that can be dried, pyrolized, and activated to produce an activated carbon product. The activated carbon product can have a specific surface area of about 100 m2/g to about 7,000 m2/g, a pore volume of about 0.2 cm3/g to about 10 cm3/g, and/or an average pore size of about 0.5 nm to about 150 nm.