TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRONICS - Preferred Components: The anode comprises lithium metal; lithium metal alloy; or lithium metal intermetallic compound.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The organoborate salt comprises a mono(bidentate)borate salt, dihalo, lithium dihalo mono(bidentate)borate, or lithium difluoro oxalatoborate (LiDfOB); bis(bidentate)borate, lithium bis(bidentate)borate or lithium bis-oxalato borate (LiBOB).    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The organoborate salt is of formula (I) or (II). The electrolyte comprises at least one organic solvent, silane, disiloxane, trisiloxane, tetrasiloxane or polysiloxane. The silane comprises a silicon linked to at least one substituent that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or cyclic carbonate moiety. The silane is of formula Si(R1)4-x-yR'xR1ay (III). The disiloxane includes a backbone with a silicon linked to at least one substituent that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or cyclic carbonate moiety. The disiloxane is of formula R5-Si(R1')(R3)-O-Si(R2)(R3)(R4) (VII). The trisiloxane includes a backbone with three silicons, at least one of the silicon being linked to at least one substituent that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or cyclic carbonate moiety. The trisiloxane is of formula Rg'-Si(R5')(R6)-O-Si(R1a')(R2')-O-Si(R3)(R5')-R7 (XIII) or Z3Si-O-Si(R19)(R20')-O-SiZ3 (XVIII). The tetrasiloxane includes backbone with four silicons, at least one of the silicons being linked to at least one substituent that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or cyclic carbonate moiety. The polysiloxane includes a backbone with at least 5 silicons, at least one of silicon being linked to at least one substituent that each include poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or cyclic carbonate moiety. The solvent includes the silane and the siloxane.M1+=a metal ion selected from Group I or Group II elements;Y1-Y3=-CX(CR2)nCX-, -CZ1Z'(CR2)aCZ1Z'-, -CX(CR2)-CZ1Z'-, -SO2(CR2)bSO2- or CO(CR2)bSO2-;X==O or =NR';Z1, Z'=alkyl, halogenated alkyl, -C=NR', C(R')3 or R';R1a=halo;R'=halo or H;R=H, alkyl, halogenated alkyl, cyano, or halo;a=0-4;b=1-4;R1=alkyl, aryl or halo;R'x=group of formula -R9-O-(CH2-CH(R10)-O)nR11 (IV) or -R14-O-(CH2-CH(R16)-O-)n-R15-second silane (V);R1ay=group of formula (VI);x=0-4;y=0-4;4-x-y=number of R1 substituent;x+y=at least 1;R9,R14,R15,R17,R13,R25,R26=absent or organic spacer;R10,R16,R18,R14, R23,R27=H, alkyl or aryl;R11,R19,R15',R24=alkyl or aryl;n=1-15;R12,R20,R16',R21=organic spacer;p=1-2;second silane=another silane;R1',R2-R4,R5',R6'=alkyl or aryl;R5=group of formula -R9-O-(CH2-CH(R10)-O)n-R11 (VIII), the compound (VI) or -R14-O-(CH2-CH(R16)-O)n1-R15-second siloxane (X);R6=aryl, alkyl, or group of formulae -R17-O-(CH2-CH(R18)-O)q-R19 (XI) or (XII);n1,q,r=1-12;second siloxane=another siloxane;R1a',R2'=alkyl;R7=group of formula -R9-O-(CH2-CH(R10)-O-)n1-R11 (XIV) or the compound (VI);R8=group of formula -R13-O-(CH2-CH(R14)-O)q-R15'(XVI) or (XVII);R20'=group of formula (XIX), -(O-CH2-CH(R23)-)r-O-R24 (XX) or -R25-O-(CH2-CH(R27)-O)n1-R26-second siloxane (XXI).