Energy-Storage Devices Having Electrodes Containing Carbon Nanotubes And Methods of Making Same

Energy-storage devices in which the energy storage device has an electrode that includes graphitic carbon, carbon nanotubes, and a metallic-lithium layer between the carbon nanotubes and the energy-storage device further has an electrolyte that is in contact with the metallic lithium layer. The methods of manufacturing the energy-storage devices include that the energy storage device is made by providing electrodes that have a layer of carbon nanotubes adjacent additional carbon, applying a layer of lithium between the carbon nanotubes in the layer of carbon nanotubes of at least one of the electrodes, and providing an electrolyte between the electrodes.