TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Components: The energy storage device product includes at least one self-supporting film consisting of a dry mix of dry carbon and dry binder particles. The dry mix is dry fibrillized and additive free. The self-supporting dry adhesive film is a compacted film; and has a width of at least 10 mm, and a compression density of at least 0.3 gm/cm3. The self-supporting dry adhesive film is coupled to a substrate and comprises no processing additive. The product and the substrate comprise a collector. The collector comprises aluminum. The dry adhesive film is coupled directly against a surface of the collector, and the collector is untreated. The collector comprises two sides, where one self-supporting dry adhesive film is calendered directly against one side of the collector, and a second self-supporting dry adhesive film is calendered directly against a second side of the collector. Alternatively, the collector is treated, and is formed into a roll. The roll is disposed within a sealed aluminum housing. The electrolyte is disposed within housing, and the product comprises a double-layer capacitor. At least some of the dry binder comprises a fibrillizable fluoropolymer, and the dry carbon particles comprise activated carbon particles and conductive carbon particles. At least some of the dry binder comprises a thermoplastic, and the dry carbon particles comprise conductive carbon particles. The dry mix of dry binder and dry carbon particles is formed into a continuous self-supporting adhesive electrode film without use of any processing additives such as, hydrocarbons, high boiling point solvents, antifoaming agents, surfactants, dispersion aids, water, pyrrolidone, mineral spirits, ketones, naphtha, acetates, alcohols, glycols, toluene, xylene, and Isopars (RTM: high-purity isoparaffinic solvents). At least some of the dry binder comprises a fibrillized dry binder. The binder is fibrillized by a pressure of at least 10 psi. The pressure is applied by a gas. The carbon and binder particles are dry intermixed so as to be distributed within the dry film with a gradually decreasing gradient. The electrode further comprises a collector and a separator, where a first side of the dry film is coupled to the collector and a second side of the film is coupled to the separator. The dry binder comprises a heated thermoplastic. The dry film is a heated dry film. The dry intermixed particles comprise two mixes, where the first mix comprises (wt.%): activated carbon (50-99), conductive carbon (0-30), and fibrillizable fluoropolymer (1-50); and the second mix comprises: thermoplastic binder (40-60), and conductive carbon (40-60). The dry film comprises the second mix (1-100 parts) for every 1000 parts of the first mix. At least some of the dry processed particles are formed as a self-supporting dry electrode film, and at least some of the particles are compacted against the dry electrode film. The dry film comprises an intermixed dry film, where some of the dry carbon and dry binder particles are intermixed within the dry film with a first gradient, where some of the dry carbon and dry binder particles are intermixed within the dry film with a first gradient, and the first gradient of particles provides electrode functionality, and where the second gradient of particles provides adhesive functionality. The adhesive materials are selected from a group consisting of thermoplastic, thermoset, and radiation set materials. The conductive particles comprise conductive carbon, a metal, metal oxide, catalyst impregnated carbon, graphite or manganese dioxide, or graphite and intercalated carbon. Preferred device: The capacitor further comprises: (i) a current collector, where the dry processed particles are dry bonded to the current collector, and the current collector comprises aluminum; and (ii) a separator, where the dry processed particles are dry bonded to the separator; (iii) an additive based electrode film, where the dry processed particles are compacted against the additive based electrode film; (iv) a seated aluminum housing, where the dry processed particles are disposed within the housing; and (v) a sealed aluminum housing, where the current collector is coupled to the housing by a laser weld. The separator comprises paper. The capacitor has a width of greater than or equal to 10 mm. The dry processed particles are compacted into a dry self-supporting electrode film by a single pass compaction device. The capacitor comprises a jellyroll type electrode. The film layers comprise zero residues or additives as determined by a chemical analysis of the layers before impregnation by an electrolyte. The layers are impregnated with an electrolyte. The capacitor is a double-layer capacitor. In the energy storage device, the film structure is coupled to a collector. The intermixed film structure comprises two intermixed film structures coupled to a collector, where a first of the film structures is coupled to a first side of the collector, and a second of the film structures is coupled to a second side of the collector. The intermixed film structure is an electrode film. The energy storage device comprises: a housing; a collector having a surface; an electrolyte disposed within the housing; and an electrode film impregnated with the electrolyte, and the electrode film is coupled directly to the surface. The electrode film and the adhesive binder are insoluble in the electrolyte. The electrolyte is acetonitrile type of electrolyte. The electrode is a capacitor electrode. The electrochemical energy product comprises a capacitor structure, battery structure or a fuel cell structure. The structure is in the form of a sheet that is coupled to a substrate. Preferred Apparatus: The apparatus includes: (i) at least two rollers that are disposed to receive the particles from the feeders to form a dry film from the particles; and (ii) a compactor that is disposed to receive the particles to form a dry film from the particles, where the dry film is self-supporting after one pass-through the compactor. The apparatus is disposed to receive a current collector and to calender the dry electrode film directly to the current collector. EXAMPLE - No suitable example is given.