Where is the electric charge stored in a parallel plate capacitor?

CONCEPT:

Capacitor: 

• A capacitor is a two-terminal energy storage device that stores energy in the form of a static electric field during the positive half cycle and gives away during the negative half cycle of supply.

Parallel plate capacitor:

• When two parallel plates are connected across a battery, the plates are charged and an electric field is established between them, and this setup is known as the parallel plate capacitor.

​EXPLANATION:

The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor: 

• The capacitance is the capacity of the capacitor to store charge in it.
• Two conductors are separated by an insulator (dielectric) and when an electric field is applied, electrical energy is stored in it as a charge.
• In capacitors, the metal plates are used to connect a voltage source between the dielectric medium. Hence, the electric charge is produced due to the presence of a dielectric medium and it is stored in that dielectric medium itself.