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A grid plate for high power lead acid battery having a plate (14) covered with a conductive polymeric matrix (10) of preferably polyaniline and its derivatives, which is then coated with nanoscale particles of active material (14) such as lead sulfate and basic lead sulfate complexes.

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1. A liquid electrolyte battery electrode, comprising: (a) a battery grid plate (12) having at least one surface; (b) a conductive polymeric matrix (10) formed over said surface of said battery grid plate; and over the polymeric matrix, (c) a plurality of superfine particles of active material

1. A liquid electrolyte battery electrode, comprising: (a) a battery grid plate (12) having at least one surface; (b) a conductive polymeric matrix (10) formed over said surface of said battery grid plate; and over the polymeric matrix, (c) a plurality of superfine particles of active material (14) coupled with said conductive polymeric matrix (10). 2. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said battery grid plate (12) is made from lead metal. 3. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said battery grid plate (12) is made from an alloy of lead. 4. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said polymeric matrix (10) is polymerized from polyaniline. 5. A battery electrode as recited in claim 4, wherein said polyaniline forming said polymeric matrix (10) is sulfonated. 6. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said polymeric matrix (10) comprises a polymer selected from the group of polymers consisting essentially of poly phenylene-vinylene, polypyrrole, poly thienylene-vinylene, polythiophene, polyacetylene and polytriphenylamine. 7. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said active material (14) comprises nanoscale crystals of basic lead sulfate complex. 8. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said active material (14) comprises nanoscale crystals of PbSO4. 9. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said nanoscale particles of active material (14) have an average diameter within the range of approximately 100 nm to approximately 1 μm. 10. A battery electrode as recited in claim 1, wherein said nanoscale particles of active material (14) have an average diameter within the range of approximately 5 nm to approximately 100 nm. 11. A method for producing a battery plate for a lead acid battery, comprising: (a) providing a formed battery grid (12) having at least one surface; (b) forming a conductive polymeric matrix (10) over said surface of said battery grid; and (c) coating said conductive polymeric matrix (10) with a plurality of nanoscale particles of active material (14) on said surface of said battery grid. 12. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said active material (14) comprises nanoscale crystals of basic lead sulfate complex. 13. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said active material (14) comprises nanoscale crystals of PbSO4. 14. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said nanoscale particles of active material (14) have an average diameter within the range of approximately 100 nm to approximately 1 μm. 15. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said nanoscale particles of active material (14) have an average diameter within the range of approximately 5 nm to approximately 100 nm. 16. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said battery grid (12) is made from lead metal. 17. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said battery grid plate (12) is made from an alloy of lead. 18. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said polymeric matrix (10) is polymerized from polyaniline. 19. A method for producing a battery plate recited in claim 18, wherein said polyaniline forming said polymeric matrix (10) is sulfonated. 20. A method for producing a battery plate as recited in claim 11, wherein said polymeric matrix (10) comprises a polymer selected from the group of polymers consisting essentially of poly phenylene-vinylene, polypyrrole, poly thienylene-vinylene, polythiophene, polyacetylene and polytriphenylamine.