A reinforcing material-having functional sheet of a sheet-like functional
material including a functional powder and a binder resin and, laminated
thereon, a reinforcing sheet comprising a woven fabric or a non-woven
fabric, which are bonded, wherein the basis weight of the reinforcing
sheet, the fiber diameter of the fiber constituting the reinforcing sheet
and the functional sheet thickness are in specific ranges. A sheet-like
electrode for electric double layer capacitors, which electrode comprises
a sheet-like electrode of carbon fine powder and a fluorine-containing
polymer resin and, laminated thereon, the reinforcing sheet, and an
electric double layer capacitor having this electrode. The functional
sheet has strength and no elimination of the functional material powder,
and also efficiently exhibits high functional properties. The sheet
electrode can efficiently prepare electric double layer capacitors having
strength, remarkably low internal resistance, slight lowering of charging
and discharging capabilities, excellent durability and long lifetime.