TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The metal salt comprises one or more alkali metal salt and/or alkaline earth metal salt. The metal salt includes a lithium salt consisting of lithium trifluoromethane sulfonate (lithium triflate or LiCF3SO3), lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), lithium hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF6), lithium bistrifluoromethylsulfonyl imide (Li(CF3SO2)2N), lithium tris(trifluoromethane sulfonate) carbide (U(CF3SO2)3C), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), lithium bromide (LiBr), LiC6H5SO3, lithium methanesulfonate (LiCH3SO3), lithium hexafluoroantimonate (LiSbF6), lithium thiocyanate (LiSCN), LiNbF6, lithium perchlorate (LiClO4), lithium aluminum chloride (LiAlCl4), lithium tetramethanolatoborate (LiB(CF3)4), lithium compounds of formulae ((LiBF(CF3)3), (LiBF2(CF3)2), (LiBF3(CF3)), (LiB(C2F5)4), (LiBF(C2F5)3), (LiBF2(C2F5)2), (LiBF3(C2F5)), (LiB(CF3SO2)4), (LiBF(CF3SO2)3), (LiBF2(CF3SO2)2), (LiBF3(CF3SO2)), (LiB(C2F5SO2)4), (LiBF(C2F5SO2)3), (LiBF2(C2F5SO2)2), (LiBF3(C2F5SO2)), and (LiC4F9SO3)) and/or lithium trifluoromethanesulfonyl amide (LiTFSA).    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: (I) comprises a solvent (greater than 5 wt.%). In (I), the electrical conductivity ( sigma ) is 1x 10-5 S/cm or more, and the shear modulus (G') is 1x 106 dynes/cm2 or more. (I) comprises an organophosphate. Preferred Components: The solvent comprises one or more cyclic carbonates consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate (preferred), and/or butylene carbonate. The solvent has a dielectric constant of at least 15.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The block copolymer has: a final melting temperature, as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, of greater than 70 degrees C; a glass transition temperature, as measured by dynamic mechanical analysis according to ASTM E1640-99, of greater than 70 degrees C; a crystallinity, as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, of at least 5 wt.%; and/or a heat of fusion, as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, of at least 10 J/g. The second polymer block is present at 10-75 wt.%. The first polymer block is present at 25-90 wt.%. The polyalkoxide is an ethylene oxide homopolymer. The polyalkoxide is a copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, having a molar ratio of ethylene oxide to propylene oxide of 1:10-10:1. The block copolymer is substantially free of crosslinking or vinyl acetate monomer. The first polymer block includes a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid, and the acrylic acid is present at 0.5-40 wt.%. The first polymer block is a styrene-containing polymer block including 50 wt.% or more of styrene. Preferred Process: The alkoxide oligomer or polymer is a monofunctional oligomer or polymer and the alkoxide oligomer is a monol or a monoamine and the process further comprises the step of either reacting the monol with the carboxylic acid to form an ester linkage or reacting the monoamine with the carboxylic acid to form an amide linkage. EXAMPLE - Polystyrene polyethylene oxide diblock copolymer (containing 70 wt.% of polyethylene oxide and 30 wt.% of polystyrene) was mixed with a lithium salt and a solvent. Lithium triflate was used for the lithium salt. The concentration of the lithium salt was selected such that the ratio of oxygen on the block copolymer to lithium in the salt was 12:1. Propylene carbonate (0-75 wt.%) was used for the solvent to give the electrolyte composition.