TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Component: The anode and cathode are self-assembling networks of particles disposed in the electrolyte. The cathode current collector is attractive to the cathode network and repulsive to the anode network. The anode current collector is attractive to the anode network and repulsive to the cathode network. The anode and cathode current collectors comprise coating providing a repulsive force between the current collector and the opposite anode or cathode network. The anode and cathode current collector include projecting features. The projecting features are prongs or mesh.Preferred Property: The bipolar article has a power density of more than 300 W/kg. A multilayered lithium ion battery has an energy density of more than 212 Wh/kg.Preferred Dimension: The minimum distance between adjacent current collectors is at least 500, preferably 1,000 microns. The mesh layer defines openings, each having a width of more than 200 microns.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Component: The coating includes a conductive oxide, polythiophene, polyanaline, poly(o-methoxyaniline) (POMA), poly(3-octylthiophene) (POTh), poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDT), poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene)-polystyrene sulfonate (PEDT-PSS), poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), PTFE and/or their derivatives. The electrolyte can be PEO, poly(styrene), poly(acrylonitrile), PVDF, diiodomethane (DIM), 1,3-diiodopropane, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethylpropylene urea, ethylene carbonate, diethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, propylene carbonate or block copolymer lithium electrolytes.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRONICS - Preferred Device: The device has a cavity. The arbitrary configuration of the bipolar article is space-filling within the cavity.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Material: The anode is made from carbon, amorphous carbon, graphite, mesocarbon microbeads, lithium (Li), Li-aluminum, Li9Al4 (sic), Li3Al (sic), zinc (Zn), Li-Zn, silver (Ag), Li-Ag, Li10Ag3 (sic), boron, lithium boride, Li7Be6 (sic), germanium, silicon, Li12Si7 (sic), Li21Si8 (sic), Li13Si4 (sic), Li21Si5 (sic), tin (Sn), Li5Sn2, Li13Sn5, Li7Sn2, Li22Sn5, antimony, lithium antimonide, Li3Sb (sic), bismuth (Bi), Li-Bi, Li3Bi, tin dioxide, tin oxide, manganese oxide, manganese (II) oxide, manganese dioxide, manganese (III) oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, iron oxide, LiFe2O4, titanium dioxide, LiTi2O4 (sic) or glass. The cathode is made from lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2), LiCoO2 doped with magnesium, lithium nickel dioxide, lithium manganese dioxide, lithium manganese dioxide (LiMnO2), LiMnO2 doped with aluminum, doped and undoped lithium iron phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, LixV6O13 (sic), Li2Fe2(SO4)3 (sic), vanadium oxide, V6O11 (sic) or tin oxide. The electrolyte can be lithium iodide, lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium (II) oxide (Li2O)-boron oxide (B2O3)- bismuth oxide compounds, Li2O-B2O3-phosphorus oxide compounds, Li2O-B2O3-lead oxide compounds or sols and gels of oxides and hydroxides of titanium, zirconium, lead, and Bi.