Carbon porous materials (CPMs) with high surface areas up to 2,660 m2 g-1 directly fabricated by a facile microwave-assisted route were applied for electrochemical detection of dopamine (DA). It is found that the CPM-modified electrodes exhibit excellent selectivity, desirable detection limit (2.9 nM), and extraordinary sensitivity (2.56 mA μM-1 cm2) for the detection of DA even in the presence of large amount of foreign species, such as ascorbic acid (AA) and uric acid (UA), rendering practical applications as DA sensor.