TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: In the ionomerR = F or especially trifluoromethyl;R' = F;a = 0 or especially 1; andb = 1; andM+ = an alkali metal (lithium) cation.The molar concentration of the ionic pendant group in the ionomer is 1 - 50 (2 - 20) %. The ionomer is in the form of a film or sheet.The ionomer further comprises at most 30 mol.% of 1 or more additional monomer units selected from: tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, ethylene, hexafluoropropylene, trifluoroethylene, vinyl fluoride, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, perfluoroalkylvinyl ethers of formula CF2=CFORf, where Rf = CF3, C2F5, or C3F6, but especially from: tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, ethylene, and perfluoroalkylvinyl ethers.The liquid in the ionically conductive composition is a protic liquid, e.g. water or methanol, or an aprotic liquid, e.g. selected from organic carbonates and their mixtures, e.g. a mixture of ethylene carbonate and at least 1 liquid selected from dimethyl carbonate, methyl ethyl carbonate, and diethyl carbonate.In the ionically conductive compositionR = trifluoromethyl;a = 1;M+ = lithium cation; andthe molar concentration of the ionic pendant group in the ionomer is 2 - 20 %, and the liquid is selected from organic carbonates and their mixtures.In the electrode,R = trifluoromethyl;a = 1;M+ = lithium cation; andthe molar concentration of the ionic pendant group in the ionomer is 5 - 20 wt.%, the liquid is selected from organic carbonates and their mixtures, wt. ratio of ionomer to electrode active material is 0.05 - 0.8, and the wt. ratio of carbon black to electrode active material is 0.01 - 0.2.In the process for forming shaped articles, the solvent is an organic carbonate and is incorporated at a concentration of 50 - 200 wt.%.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Polymers: A nonionic polymer is blended into the ionomer, e.g. poly(tetrafluoroethylene) and its copolymers with hexafluoropropylene or perfluoroalkyl vinyl ethers, poly(vinylidene fluoride) homopolymer, and a copolymer of this with hexafluoropropylene, polymethylmethacrylate, polyethylene oxide, poly(vinyl chloride); poly(vinylidene fluoride) is blended into the ionomer to a concentration in the ionomer of 25 - 50 wt.%.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: Inorganic particles are admixed with the ionomer, e.g. silica particles of average particle size less than 1 micron, and maximum concentration 50 wt.%. EXAMPLE - Lithium carbonate-hydrolyzed ionomer (0.5 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (15 - 20 ml) in a vial, Cab-o-sil TS 530 (RTM) (0.1 g) was dispersed in the solution, and films were cast into 50 mm diameter Petri dishes. The solvent was evaporated slowly to give a film which was further vacuum dried for 48 hours at 100 degreesC in a vacuum oven. The resultant film was tough and easily separated from the substrate. It was hydrolyzed to the lithium ionomer form and had a conductivity after soaking in distilled water of 7.02 x 10-3 S/cm.    In a comparative example involving a perfluorinated ionomeric membrane soaked in excess propylene carbonate the conductivity was only 2.16 x 10-5 S/cm.