TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The alkali metal salt comprises lithium salt, sodium salt or potassium salt. The alkali metal salt comprises lithium bisoxalato borate, lithium difluorooxalatoborate, lithium perchlorate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium hexafluoroarsenate, lithium hexafluoroantimonate, lithium bromide, lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate, lithium bis(trifluoromethyl sulfonyl)imide, lithium tris(trifluoromethyl sulfonyl)carbide, lithium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, lithium tetrakis(phenyl)borate, lithium bis(pentafluoroethyl sulfonyl)imide, bis(pentafluoroethylsulfonyl)lithium nitride, lithium trifluoro-pentafluoroethyl borate, lithium trifluoro-tris(pentafluoroethyl)phosphate or lithium alkyl fluorophosphate.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The monomeric compound is substituted thiophene compounds of formula (I), substituted pyrrole compounds of formula (II), substituted aniline compounds of formula (III), substituted benzene compounds of formula (IV), substituted azulene compounds of formula (V) or substituted carbazole compounds of formula (VI). The electrode stabilizing compound comprises a thiol of formula (R10SH). The electrode stabilizing compound is present at 0.01-3 wt.%. The polar aprotic solvent comprises ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, methyl propyl carbonate, ethyl propyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, bis(trifluoroethyl) carbonate, bis(pentafluoropropyl)carbonate, trifluoroethyl methyl carbonate, pentafluoroethyl methyl carbonate, heptafluoropropyl methyl carbonate, perfluorobutyl methyl carbonate, trifluoroethyl ethyl carbonate, pentafluoroethyl ethyl carbonate, heptafluoropropyl ethyl carbonate, perfluorobutyl ethyl carbonate, fluorinated oligomers, dimethoxyethane, triglyme, dimethylvinylene carbonate, tetraethyleneglycol, dimethyl ether, polyethylene glycols, sulfones or gamma -butyrolactone.R1-R9 = H, F, Cl, Br, I, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or (hetero)aryl, In formula (I), R3 is preferably pentyl, hexyl or heptyl; andR10 = 1-8C alkenyl or 1-8C alkynyl. EXAMPLE - 3-Hexylthiophene (0.05-0.1 wt.%) was added to 1.2 M lithium hexafluorophosphate in a mixture of ethylene carbonate and ethylmethyl carbonate (3:7) to obtain an electrolyte.