Super dielectric capacitor having electrically and ionically conducting electrodes

A capacitor comprising:

• a first electrode comprising a first electrically conducting material and a first ionically conducting material, where the first electrically conducting material has an electrical conductivity greater than 103 S/cm;
• a second electrode comprising a second electrically conducting material and a second ionically conducting material, where the second electrically conducting material has an electrical conductivity greater than 103 S/cm;
• a dielectric paste having incipient wetness and separating the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric comprising:
• a porous material comprising pores, where the porous material comprises an insulating material having a conductivity less than 10−8 S/cm, and where the porous material contacts the first electrode and the second electrode;
• and
• a liquid comprising ions within the pores of the porous material where the liquid has an ionic strength of at least 0.1, and wherein the liquid is mixed into the porous material to form the dielectric paste;
• an applied electric field generated from the first electrode to the second electrode;
• and
• induced electric dipoles formed in the liquid in the pores, wherein the induced electric dipoles oppose the applied electric field to reduce a net field created per unit of charge on the first and second electrodes.