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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanotechnology Volume 2011, Article ID 409382, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2011/409382 Research Article Carbon-Based Fibrous EDLC Capacitors and Supercapacitors C. Lekakou, O. Moudam, F. Markoulidis, T. Andrews, J. F. Watts, and G. T. Reed Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK Correspondence should be addressed to C. Lekakou, c.lekakou@surrey.ac.uk Received 4 February 2011; Accepted 20 March 2011 Academic Editor: Huisheng Peng Copyright © 2011 C. Lekakou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This paper investigates electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) including two alternative types of carbon-based fibrous electrodes, a carbon fibre woven fabric (CWF) and a multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) electrode, as well as hybrid CWF-CNT electrodes. Two types of separator membranes were also considered. An organic gel electrolyte PEO-LiCIO4 -EC-THF was used to maintain a high working voltage. The capacitor cells were tested in cyclic voltammetry, charge-discharge, and impedance tests. The best separator was a glass fibre-fine pore filter. The carbon woven fabric electrode and the corresponding supercapacitor exhibited superior performance per unit area, whereas the multiwall carbon nanotube electrode and corresponding supercapacitor demonstrated excellent specific properties. The hybrid CWF-CNT electrodes did not show a combined improved performance due to the lack of carbon nanotube penetration into the carbon fibre fabric. 1. Introduction carbon fibre fabr