A PKU Material Scientist Develops World’s Most Powerful Supercapacitor

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Stephen Chen, China Moves a Big Step Closer to ‘Star Wars’ Laser Weapons; Mainland scientists claim they have developed the world’s most powerful supercapacitor, which could lead to advanced ‘Star Wars-type’ laser weapons. South China Morning Post (SCMP), Dec 22, 2015.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/d ... -wars-laser-weapons

Note:
(a) SCMP does not have a Chinese version of the report in 南早中文.

(b)
(i)  HUANG Fuqiang  黄富强
(ii) Lin Tq et al, Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon of Extraordinary Capacitance for Electrochemical Energy Storage. Science, 350: 1508-1513 (Dec 18, 2015).
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/350/6267/1508.abstract

(c) I am skeptical.  
(i) If the research is a top secret, it would not be published.
(ii) The military-grade laser has been produced with onsite chemical method ("chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL)"), rather than from storage.
(iii) Indeed, Indo-Asian News Service (INAS; a private Indian news agency) reported Huang's findings on Dec 20, 2015 with a title "Scientific Breakthrough on Battery Power."

My guess is SCMP 駭人聽聞.