and 5 second current collector 535 a double layer capacitor using the electrode assembly 500 further includes an electrolyte and a container for example a sealed can that holds the electrolyte the assembly 500 is disposed within the container can and immersed in the electrolyte to understand better various steps of the processes 100 200 300 and 400 a person skilled in the art may also benefit from reading u s patent application ser no 10 817 701 filed 2 apr 2004 and one or more provisional referenced therein these commonly assigned patent documents are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein including all figures tables claims and additional subject matter incorporated by reference therein additional details for manufacturing double layer capacitors are described in various sources including farahimandi et al u s pat no 6 585 152 entitled method of making a multi electrode double layer capacitor having single electrolyte seal and aluminium impregnated carbon cloth electrodes and in bendale et al u s pat no 6 631 074 entitled electrochemical double layer capacitor having carbon powder electrodes these commonly assigned patents are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein including all figures tables claims and.