FIB-SEM, XPS and gas adsorption methods have been used for the characterisation of physical properties of microporous carbide derived carbon electrodes prepared from Mo2C at 600°C (noted as CDC-Mo2C). Cyclic voltammetry, constant current charge/discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy have been applied to establish the electrochemical characteristics for supercapacitors consisting of the 1M Na2SO4, KOH, tetraethyl ammonium iodide or 6M KOH aqueous electrolyte and CDC-Mo2C electrodes. The N2 sorption values obtained have been correlated with electrochemical characteristics for supercapacitors in various aqueous electrolytes. The maximum gravimetric energy, E max, and gravimetric power, P max, for supercapacitors (taking into consideration the active material weight) have been obtained at cell voltage 0.9V for 6M KOH aqueous supercapacitor (E max =5.7Whkg−1 and P max =43kWkg−1). For 1M TEAI based SC somewhat higher E max (6.2Whkg−1) and comparatively low P max (7.0kWkg−1) have been calculated.