TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Compound: The anode active material layer further contains a metal compound having a metal element not being alloyed with an electrode reactant in a gap between the anode active material particles adjacent to each other. Preferred Element: The metal element is iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc and/or copper. Preferred Oxide: The coat contains oxides of silicon, germanium or tin provided between the anode active material layer and the coat. Preferred Process: The anode active material layer is formed by vapor-phase deposition method. The metal compound fills in the gap between the anode active material particles. The coat is formed by soaking or coating the anode active material layer in/with the solution. Preferred Components: A secondary battery comprises a cathode, an anode and an electrolytic solution. The lithium is contained as an electrode reactant.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Solution: The electrolytic solution contains a solvent containing a cyclic ester carbonate (b1) having an unsaturated bond, a chain ester carbonate (b2) having halogen of formula: R12-C(-R13)(-R11)-O-C(=O)-O-C(-R14)(-R16)-R15, a cyclic ester carbonate (b3) having halogen of formula (2), sultone, acid anhydride, and an electrolyte salt of formulae (3-5). The electrolyte salt (3) is of formulae (3a-3f), the electrolyte salt (4) is of formulae (4a-4h), the electrolyte salt (3) is of formula (5a), and the electrolyte salt is lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), lithium perchlorate (LiClO4), lithium hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF6), lithium disulfate compound of formula (10), and lithium compounds of formulae: LiN(CmF2m+1SO2)(CnF2n+1SO2) or LiC(CpF2p+1SO2)(CqF2q+1SO2)(CrF2r+1SO2).R11-R16,R21-R24,R41-R43,R51,R52=H, alkyl, halogen or alkyl halide, at least one of R11-R16, and R21-R24 are halogen or alkyl, and R41-R43, and R51 and R52 are halogen or alkyl halide;X31,X41,X51=group 1 element, group 2 element or aluminum;M31,M41,M51=transition metal or group 13-15 element;R31=halogen;Y31=-OC-R32-CO-, -OC-C(R33)2- or -OC-CO-;R32=alkylene, alkylene halide, arylene or arylene halide;R33=alkyl, alkyl halide, aryl or aryl halide;a3,b4,d4,b5,c5,e5=1-4;b3=0, 2 or 4;c3,d3,m3,n3,g5,m5=1-3;Y41=-OC-(C(R41)2)b4CO-, -(R43)2C-(C(R42)2)c4-CO-, -(R43)2C-(C(R42)2)c4-C(R43)2-, -(R43)2C-(C(R42)2)c4-SO2-, -O2S-(C(R42)2)d4-SO2- or -OC-(C(R42)2)d4-SO2-;a4,e4,n4,a5,f5,n5=1 or 2;c4=0-4;f4,m4=1-3;Rf=1-10C fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated aryl;Y51=-OC-(C(R51)2)d5-CO-, -(R52)2C-(C(R51)2)d5-CO-, -(R52)2C-(C(R51)2)d5-C(R52)2-, -(R52)2C-(C(R51)2)d5-SO2-, -O2S-(C(R51)2)e5-SO2- or -OC-(C(R51)2)e5-SO2-;R61=2-4C linear or branched perfluoro alkylene;andn,m,p,q,r=1 or more.Preferred Carbonate: The chain ester carbonate (b2) is fluoromethyl methyl carbonate, bis(fluoromethyl) carbonate and/or difluoromethyl methyl carbonate. The cyclic ester carbonate having halogen is 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one and/or 4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Polymer: The ionic polymer has carboxylate ion group, sulfonate ion group and/or phosphonate ion group, and is polymer having a carboxylate ion group or a sulfonate ion group. The ionic polymer contains a copolymer of a monomer having a carboxylate ion group and a monomer having a sulfonate ion group. Preferred Process: The ionic polymer is obtained by polymerizing at least one of lithium acrylate, lithium methacrylate and dilithium maleate.