"This requires new electrodes that not only maintain high conductivity but also provide higher and more accessible surface area than conventional ECs that use activated carbon electrodes."
I think your "outrage" is less than justified.
And I expect no better from journalists (even science journalists).
No outrage here. Just some exasperation over a particularly dumb way to start an article, whatever was written later notwithstanding. And the fact that I’ve noticed they always write some particularly dumb things in their articles. Oh well, I’ll just stop clicking on articles from that source. Problem solved!