Abstract: A method for the preparation of an electrode comprising a substrate made of an aluminium based material, vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and an electrically conductive polymer matrix, the method comprising the following successive steps: (a) synthesising, on a substrate made of an aluminium based material, a carpet of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes according to the technique of CVD (Chemical Vapour Deposition) at a temperature less than or equal to 650° C.; (b) electrochemically depositing the polymer matrix on the carbon nanotubes from an electrolyte solution including at least one precursor monomer of the matrix, at least one ionic liquid and at least one protic or aprotic solvent. Further disclosed is the prepared electrode and a device for storing and returning electricity such as a supercapacitor comprising the electrode.

Abstract: A facility for producing a composite material that includes carbon nanotubes. The facility includes a reaction chamber with an injection device for injecting an active gas mixture (for the growth of the carbon nanotubes) into the interior volume thereof. A transport device is to transport a substrate into the reaction chamber to form the composite material. The injection device may transport the active gas mixture in a first direction into the interior volume. A circulation device is to circulate the active gas mixture, and may transport the active gas mixture into the interior volume in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The circulation device may adopt a first configuration of injection of the active gas mixture into the interior volume of the chamber, and a second configuration of extraction of the active gas mixture from the interior volume.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing an electrochemical capacitor comprising, in a leaktight casing: two electrodes, namely a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a separator that separates the two electrodes, and a liquid electrolyte. The process comprises the deposition of a conductive polymer by electropolymerization on at least one of said electrodes. The electropolymerization being carried out after the two electrodes and the separator have been positioned in said casing. Furthermore, the positive or negative electrodes comprise nano-objects selected from nanopowders, elongated nano-objects, nanofibers, nanotubes, carbon nanotubes, mats of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene derivatives.