TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Component: The battery includes anode(s) and cathode(s) (42) activated by the electrolyte. The organoborate additive forms a passivation layer on the cathode(s). The cathode includes two active materials.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The salt is lithium salt. The lithium salt(s) is lithium perchlorate (LiClO4), lithium borofluoride (LiBF4), lithium arsenic hexafluoride (LiAsF6), lithium phosphorus hexafluoride (LiPF6), lithium antimony hexafluoride (LiSbF6), lithium fluoride sulfide (LiCF3SO3), lithium fluorine sulfide-containing compound (LiC6F5SO3, LiC(CF3SO2)3, LiN(SO2C2F5)2, or LiN(SO2CF3)2), lithium aluminum chloride (LiAlCl4), lithium gallium chloride (LiGaCl4), lithium sulfur carbon nitride-containing compound (LiSCN), lithium oxide (LiO2), lithium sulfur fluoride-containing compound (LiO3SCF3), lithium fluoride-containing compound (LiO2CCF3 or LiSO6F), lithium boron-containing compound (LiB(C6H5)4), lithium (Li)-methide, Li-imide and/or lithium alkyl fluorophosphates. The second active material is lithium vanadium oxide or silver vanadium oxide. The first active includes carbon fluorides (CFx). The second active material includes lithium vanadium oxide or silver vanadium oxide.Preferred Composition: The lithium salts in the electrolyte are present in the solvent at a total concentration of greater than 4 M.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The organoborate is present in a concentration of less than 0.2 M. A molar ratio of the total amount of the salt:the total amount of organoborate additive is 10:1-400:1.Preferred Material: The organoborate is lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB) or lithium difluoro oxalato borate (LiDfOB). The solvent includes organic solvent(s) of diglyme, trigylme, tetragylme, dimethyl carbonate (DMC), 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME), 1,2-diethoxyethane (DEE), 1-ethoxy, 2-methoxyethane (EME), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), methyl propyl carbonate, ethyl propyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate (DEC), dipropyl carbonate, tetrahydrofuran (THF), methyl acetate (MA), or preferably propylene carbonate (PC), ethylene carbonate (EC), butylene carbonate, acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl formamide, dimethyl acetamide, gamma-valerolactone, gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), and/or N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). The organic solvent can be linear and cyclic ethers, dialkyl carbonates, and/or or preferably cyclic carbonates, cyclic esters and/or cyclic amides. The organoborate additive is organoborates included in the electrolyte. It includes organoborate(s) of bis(benzenediolato (2-)-O,O')borate, bis(substituted benzenediolato (2-)-O,O')borate, bis(salicylato)borate, bis(substituted salicylato)borate, bis(2,2'-biphenyldiolato(O,O'))borate, bis(substituted 2,2'-biphenyldiolato(O,O'))borate, bis(oxalato (2-)-O,O')borate, bis(malonato(2-) O,O')borate, bis(succinato)borate, (.alpha.-hydroxy-carboxylato)borate, (.alpha.-hydroxy-carboxylato)borate, (.beta.-hydroxy-carboxylato)borate, (.beta.-hydroxycarboxylato)borate, (.alpha.-dicarboxylato)borate, or (.alpha.-dicarboxylato)borate. It includes salt(s) of formula (I) or (II).M+=metal ion of Group I or Group II elements;Y1, Y2=-CX(CR2)aCX-, -CZZ'(CR2)aCZZ'-, -CX(CR2)aCZZ'-, -SO2(CR2)bSO2-, or -CO(CR2)bSO2 ;X=O or =NR';Z=alkyl, halogenated alkyl, -C=NR', CR'3 or R';Z'=alkyl, halogenated alkyl, -C=NR', CR'3 or R';R'=halo or H;R=H, alkyl, halogenated alkyl, cyano, or halo;R"=halo, preferably fluoro;a=0-4;b=1-4; andY3=Y1. EXAMPLE - Cathodes were generated by mixing carbon fluorides (CFx), lithium vanadate (Li1+yV3O8), carbon black, PTFE, and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) to provide a slurry that was 36 wt.% CFx, 54 wt.% Li1+yV3O8, 5 wt.% carbon black, 1.67% PTFE and 3.33% CMC. The slurry was coated on 20 microns thick aluminum foil cathode substrate, dried and pressed to 30-50% porosity. Anodes were made from lithium metal. A first electrolyte was prepared by dissolving lithium phosphorus hexafluoride (LiPF6) to 1.2 M in a mixture having propylene carbonate (PC):1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) volume ratio of 30:70. A second electrolyte was prepared by dissolving lithium difluoro oxalato borate (LiDfOB) to 1.2 M in a mixture having a PC:DME volume ratio of 30:70. A third electrolyte was prepared by dissolving LiDfOB to 0.1 M LiPF6 to 1.1 M in a mixture having a PC:DME volume ratio of 30:70. Coin cells were prepared by using each electrolyte to activate an anode and a cathode with a polypropylene separator (46) positioned between the anode and the cathode. The batteries were tested for their pulsing ability after storage at 50degreesC for 3 weeks. After storage, the batteries were pulsed at 37degreesC to test for ability to discharge pulses. For each pulse, the battery was discharged. The pulses had durations of 10 seconds and were each separated by a rest of 15 seconds. Results showed that the battery having the electrolyte with the LiDfOB as an additive (third electrolyte) provided a lower voltage drop than the battery without the LiDfOB (first electrolyte). The battery employing the LiDfOB as a salt showed the largest voltage drop.    x=1; and    y=0.2