TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Property: The graphitized carbon has an interplanar spacing (dOO2) of 0.338 nm or less as measured by X-ray diffraction, and a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or less as measured by the BET method.Preferred Composition: The lithium-containing transition oxide comprises LiCoO2, LiNiO2, LiMn2O4 or LiNi1-xCoxO2 where x is between 0 and 1. The lithium salt comprises LiClO4, LiCF3SO3, LiPF6, LiBF4, LiAsF6 or LiN(CF3SO2)2.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Electrolyte: The electrolyte compound comprises ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), sulfolane, methyl acetate and/or methyl propionate. 0.01-1 weight% of (I) is contained in the electrolyte. EXAMPLE - Fluorine-based ethylene oxide resin surfactant, F-142d-Ac substituted with terminal acetate was synthesized by dissolving F-142d and triethylamine (in g) (0.44) in dichloromethane (25 ml) with slow addition of acetyl chloride (0.57) at 0degreesC under nitrogen atmosphere. After warming to room temperature, the mixture was stirred for 15 hours. The produced solids were then filtered and the solvent was distilled under reduced pressure. Diethyl ether (25 ml) was subsequently added to further solids not produced in dichloromethane. The solids were filtered and removed, and diethyl ether was distilled under reduced pressure and removed to obtain a liquid product. An acetyl group of the product was identified by the peak near 4.2 ppm using a 300 MHz NMR.    The fluorine-based non-ionic surfactant prepared (0.1 weight%) was added to 1M LiPF6 solution with a composition of ethylene carbonate (EC): ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) of 1:1. MCMB-10-28 (RTM) carbon active material (93%) and Kynar 761 (RTM: polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF)) (7%) were mixed for 2 hours using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as solvent. The mixture was coated on a copper foil collector and dried at 130degreesC to prepare an anode. LiCoO2 (91%), Kynar 761 PVDF (3%) and KS-6 (RTM) conductive carbon (6%) were mixed for 2 hours using NMP, and the mixture was coated on an aluminum foil collector and dried at 130degreesC to prepare a cathode. Celgard 2400 (RTM) was put between the prepared anode and cathode for use as a separator to fabricate a coin-type battery, and the electrolyte was injected to prepare a lithium ion battery. The battery was charged to 4.2 V and discharged to 3V to perform a charge/discharge test. The battery (containing 0.1 weight% 142d-Ac surfactant) had an initial capacity of 3.81 mAh. The initial charge efficiency was 89.81.