TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The lithium salt is lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium trifluoromethane sulfite, lithium trifluoromethanesulfonimide (LiN(CF3SO2)2), lithium trifluoromethanesulfonyl imide (LiC(CF3SO2)3), lithium sulfur cyanide, lithium hexafluoroantimonide, and/or lithium hexafluoroarsenide, or preferably lithium chlorate.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The mono-functional or multi-functional monomer is alkyl or alkoxy(meth)acrylates such as methyl(meth)acrylate, ethyl(meth)acrylate, ethylhexyl ether acrylate, methoxyethyl(meth)acrylate, or ethoxyethyl (meth)acrylate; vinyl acetates such as vinylpivalate, and vinylpropionate, vinylpyridine, vinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, diethylene glycol-2-ethylhexyl ether acrylate, vinyl acrylate, trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate or its derivatives, pentraerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate or its derivatives, and dipentaerythritol hexa(meth)acrylate or its derivatives; or preferably diethylene glycol-2-ethylhexyl ether acrylate. It has weight average molecular weight of 100-1000. The polymerization initiator is benzoylperoxide, azobisisobutyronitrile, benzophenone, acetophenone, benzoin methyl ether, or preferably benzoin ethyl ether. The organic solvent is acetonitrile, ethylene glycol, butanol, isobutyl alcohol, isopentyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, ethyl ether, dioxane, tetrahydrobutane, tetrahydrofuran, n-butylether, propylether, isopropylether, acetone, methylethyl ketone, methylbutyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, ethylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, propylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, gamma-butylrolactone, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and/or 3-methoxypropionitrile. The plasticizer can be propylene carbonate, or preferably ethylene carbonate.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Composition: The polymer electrolyte composition comprises 1-10 pbw mono-functional or multi-functional monomer, 1-10 pbw diethylene glycol-2-ethylhexyl ether acrylate, 0.05-2 pbw polymerization initiator, 0.1-1.5 M lithium salt, and 10-90 pbw organic solvent. The composition further comprises a plasticizer. The polymer electrolyte further comprises a liquid electrolyte comprising liquid salt or organic solvent.