NOVELTY - Energy storage device electrode (400, 450) comprises a sol-gel derived monolith comprising an open network of pores (401, 451); and a conductive material (402) deposed on a surface of the open network of pores or partially filling the open network of pores to form a conductive network.    USE - Electrode is used in an energy storage device, i.e. electric double layer capacitor for energy storage in a hybrid-electric engine and augment peak power of a battery in a circuit. It is used in a capacitor, an electric double layer capacitor, a battery, or a fuel cell. (all claimed)    ADVANTAGE - The electrode has nanoporous electrode materials, which are formed using sol-gel derived monoliths as electrode material substrates or electrode material templates. It has high surface area. It has sol-gel derived monolith having tunable pore sizes, and well-controlled, narrow distributions of pore size distributions thus the electrode with tunable pore sizes and well-controlled pore size distributions is formed using the monolith as substrate or template for a conducting material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) method for producing the electrode;    (2) method for making electrode material comprising providing silica sol-gel derived monolith of open network of pores, coating a surface of the open network of pores or partially filling the open network of pores with a conductive material to form a conductive network, selectively removing the silica material in the monolith to provide a conductive network, and making the resulting material into a conductive powder;    (3) energy storage device comprising two electrodes, an electrolyte disposed between the two electrodes, and a separator disposed between the electrodes, where the electrodes comprise the conductive network formed from the sol-gel derived monolith by coating a surface of the open pore network of the monolith or partially filling the open pore network of the monolith with the conductive material;    (4) method for storing energy comprising applying a potential between the two electrodes;    (5) energy storage system comprising multiple interconnected cells, each cell comprising two electrodes oppositely charged and the electrolyte disposed between the two electrodes; and    (6) asymmetric ultracapacitor comprising a first electrode to store charge electrostatically, and a second electrode to store charge via a reversible faradaic process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings are perspective views illustrating conductive coatings as applied to open pore networks of sol-gel derived monoliths to form conductive networks threading through the open pore networks.    Electrode (400, 450)    Pores (401, 451)    Conductive material (402)    Conformal conductive coating (452)