NOVELTY - The apparatus (100) has an aerogel or nanotube scaffold (10) with a nanotube having an internal channel located within the electrochemical energy storage apparatus main portion. The electrochemical energy storage apparatus main portion has pores (14) at the outside of nanotube. An anode (16) e.g. tin anode located in internal channel of nanotube and an electrolyte material e.g. lipon is provided to surround the anode. A nickel hydride cathode (12) is provided to surround the electrolyte material and is operably connected to nanotube scaffold.    USE - Electrochemical energy storage apparatus e.g. monolithic three-dimensional battery for use in handheld devices such as cell phones and laptops, in automotive applications such as hybrid electric vehicles, energy storage systems for pulsed-power energy weapons aboard navy vessels. Can also be used in primary and secondary battery systems such as conventional primary batteries, air breathing batteries e.g. zinc-air and lithium-air systems, seawater batteries with magnesium-seawater systems, thermal batteries, lead-acid, silver-zinc, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, lithium ion, nickel-hydrogen and regenerative fuel cells, etc for wireless communications, portable computing and uninterruptable power systems, various robotic systems including well-known robots such as Talon (RTM: small, tracked military robot), electric and hybrid electric vehicles, exotic vehicular applications such as manned and unmanned underwater vehicles and various aerospace applications including satellites.    ADVANTAGE - A thin electrolyte with a high surface area current collector is integrated to provide an electrochemical energy storage system, such that a low electrode separation is maintained while maximizing the available electrode surface area per volume, resulting in a device with high energy density of a battery and high power density of a capacitor. High energy density is achieved by requiring only minimal volume and mass for non-active components such as current collector, separator of the battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of making a battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an electrochemical energy storage apparatus.    Nanotube scaffold (10)    Cathode (12)    Pore (14)    Anode (16)    Electrochemical energy storage apparatus (100)