Someone will be along to correct me any minute now, but... My understanding is that a capacitor stores charge in the dielectric between a pair of plates. A battery involves electron exchange chemistry. My (limited) understanding is that graphene in a capacitor is being used to either alter the small scale structure of the plates such that you can increase effective plate area, and/or as a secret sauce in the dielectric to increase the dielectric constant. I read a pamphlet once (tm) that talked about using graphene in batteries as a sort of "scaffold" to mechanically support the rest of the device. e.g. it wasn't actively involved in the chemistry. Add salt to taste. :-) -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .