TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The electrochemical cell also includes a lithium salt in a liquid organic solvent, an electrolyte solute, an anode, a cathode. The lithium salt is lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, lithium iodide, CF3COOLi, C2F5COOLi, and C6F5COOLi. The electrolyte solute is lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, lithium iodide, CF3COOLi, C2F5COOLi, and C6F5COOLi. The anode is lithium or its alloy, lithium carbon intercalation compounds, lithium graphite intercalation compounds, and lithium metal oxide intercalation compounds. The cathode can be a transition metal oxide, a transition metal chalcogenide, or an oxychloride. The transition metal oxide is Li2.5V6O13, Li1.2V2O5, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel oxide, lithium magnesium oxide (LiMn2O4) or (LiMn2O2), or LiNi1-xMxO2. The metal chalcogenide is lithium niobium selenide, lithium titanium sulfide, or lithium molybdenum sulfide.M = Co, Mg, Al, or Ti.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The electrolyte solvent is tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyl furan, 4-methyldioxolane, 1,3-dioxolane, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, dimethoxymethane, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, gamma-butyrolactone, methyl formate, sulfolane, acetonitrile and 3-methyl-2-oxazolidinone, dimethyl carbonate, dimethyl ether, 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, or poly(ethylene oxide). The liquid organic solvent is ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, dimethyl ether, gamma-butyrolactone, 3-methyl-2-oxazolidinone, and 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Component: The electrolyte solvent can be a gel electrolyte from poly(acrylonitrile) or poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoro propylene). The cathode can be poly(carbon disulfide) polymer, organo-disulfide redox polymer, polyaniline, or organo-disulfide/polyaniline composite. The organo-disulfide redox polymer is formed by reversible electrochemical dimerization/scission or (de)polymerization of organo disulfide polymers by the reaction -(S-R-S)n-2ne=S-R-S. The organo-disulfide/polyaniline composite is a mixture of polyaniline and 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadazole.R = aliphatic or aromatic entity;n = more than 50. Preferred Definitions: In the above formula,    R = C6H4F, C6H3F2, C6HF3, C6F4, C6F5, or (CF3)2CH.    SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS - The anion receptor is 2-(2.4-difluorophenyl)-4-fluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2-(3-trifluoromethyl phenyl)-4-fluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2,5-bis(trifluoromethyl phenyl)-4-fluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-tetrafluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-tetrafluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2-(pentafluorophenyl)-tetrafluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2-(2-trifluoromethyl phenyl)-tetrafluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2,5-bis(trifluoromethyl phenyl)-tetrafluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole,2-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetrakis(trisfluoromethyl)-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole, 2-pentafluorophenyl-4,4,5,5-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole, (C6HF6O)2B(C6H3F2), (C6HF6O)2B(C6F5), or (C6F5O)2B(C6F5).    EXAMPLE - 2-Pentafluorophenyl)-tetrafluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole, 3-fluorocatechol (3.84 g), and 2,4-difluoroboronic acid (4.73 g) were mixed in toluene (40 ml). The mixture was heated to reflux and water was removed. After 4 hours reaction, the solvent was evaporated from the mixture under reduced pressure. The residue was sublimed at 98-100 degreesC/0.1 mm-mercury. The final product was crystal powder. An electrolyte solution comprising lithium salts (0.6 M) and 2-pentafluorophenyl)-tetrafluoro-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole (0.6 M) was tested for its ionic conductivity. The results showed a conductivity of 9 x 10-3 S/cm.