Electrical energy storage apparatus

Claim 1

IN A ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE FOR STORING ENERGY IN ELECTROSTATIC CONDITION AS DOUBLE LAYERS OF ELECTRON-IONS AND PROTON-IONS AT COACTING INTERFACES, THE COMBINATION OF A PAIR OF SPACED, POROUS ELECTRODES, ONE POSITIVE AND ONE NEGATIVE, EACH ELECTRODE COMPRISING FINELY DIVIDED CONDUCTIVE CARBON, HAVING A SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA OF AT LEAST 300 M.2/CC., AND HAVING A VOID VOLUME IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 25 PERCENT TO 60 PERCENT, THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE HAVING A MICRO LAYER OF AN ACTIVE MATERIAL ON THE SURFACE AND WITHIN THE PORES OF SAID CARBON, SAID POSITIVE ELECTRODE HAVING A MICRO LAYER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NICKEL, PLATINUM, PALLADIUM AND SILVER, THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE HAVING A MICRO LAYER OF AN ACTIVE MATERIAL ON THE SURFACE AND WITHIN THE PORES OF SAID CARBON, SAID NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MICRO LAYER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CADMIUM HYDROXIDE AND ZINC OXIDE, SAID ELECTRODES HAVING A THICKNESS IN THE RANGE OF 0.001 INCH TO 0.125 INCH, A SEPARATOR BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES HAVING A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 0.001 INCH, THE PORES OF SAID ELECTRODES HAVING A MAGNITUDE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 10 TO 200 ANGSTROMS, AN ION-CONTAINING AND CONDUCTING MEDIUM BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SAID CONDUCTING MEDIUM IN CONTACT WITH BOTH SIDES OF BOTH ELECTRODES AND HAVING A CONDUCTIVELY THAT EXCEEDS ABOUT 5 OHM-CENTIMETERS AND SAID CONDUCTING MEDIUM FORMING INTERFACES WITH SAID ELECTRODES, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING AN ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL ACROSS SAID ELECTRODES TO ELECTROSTATICALLY FORM A DOUBLE LAYER AT EACH INTERFACE, RESPECTIVELY.