Patent ID: 7042708

Claim:
A high capacitance energy storage device, comprising: a housing electrically isolated from, and lined with, current collectors, said current collectors being electrically connected to contacts mounted on said housing; at least one capacitive cell having a first electrode separated from a second electrode by a non-conductive, chemically inert membrane, said electrodes formed of a regularly structured carbonized and activated woven fabric impregnated with an electrolyte, said membrane permitting free passage of molecules of said electrolyte therethrough; and conductive, chemically inert separators, provided between and being in electrical and mechanical contact with said electrodes and said current collectors of the housing, said separators chemically isolating said cell from said housing, and said separators being formed from a graphite-based material, wherein each of said electrodes is formed of a plurality of compressed layers of said regularly structured carbonized and activated woven fabric.