A nanoporous carbon with tunable porosities and surface areas in excess of 3,000 m^2/g has been developed and is being evaluated in a number of supercapacitor and battery architectures. This presentation is on an approach that presses the carbon into a monolith structure that can be machined to electrodes.

Electrodes have been fabricated for lead-acid batteries toward the goal of improving deep cycle endurance and increasing energy density. The carbon provides a robust grid with reduced adverse effects from the expansion/contraction cycles that greatly reduce cycle life of traditional lead-acid batteries. Data will be presented on fabrication and performance.