TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRONICS - Preferred Components: The at least one of the anode includes lithium metal, lithium metal alloy or lithium metal intermetallic compound.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The solvent includes a siloxane and a silane. The electrolyte includes a mixture of salts or an organoborate salt and a non-organoborate salt. The at least one salt include an organoborate salt includes a mono(bidentate)borate salt, a dihalo mono(bidentate)borate, a lithium dihalo mono(bidentate)borate or lithium difluoro oxalatoborate. The organoborate salt is of formula (I) or (II). The organoborate salt includes a bis(bidentate)borate, lithium bis(bidentate)borate or lithium bis-oxalato borate. The at least one salt is lithium chlorate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium hexafluoroarsenate, lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium hexafluoroantimonate, lithium triflate, lithium pentafluorophenyl sulfonate, lithium tris (trifluoromethanesulfonyl) methane, lithium bis(pentafluoroethyl sulfonyl) imide, lithium bis(trifluoromethyl sulfonyl)imide, lithium tetrachloro aluminate, lithium chlorogallate, lithium thiocyanide, lithium dioxide, lithium triflate, lithium trifluoromethyl carbonate, lithium sulfonyl fluoride, lithium tetraphenylborate, lithium-methhide, lithium-imide or lithium alkyl fluorophosphates. The electrolyte includes at least silane, at least one disiloxane, at least one trisiloxane, at least one tetrasiloxane or at least one polysiloxane. The at least one silane includes a silicon linked to at least one substituent that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The at least one silane is of formula (SiR54xyR6xR7y). The disiloxane is of formula ((R21)Si(R17)(R18)-Si(R19)(R20)-R22). 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 a cyclic carbonate moiety. The trisiloxane is of formula (R30-(R27)Si(R28)-O-(R23)Si(R24)-O-(R25)Si(R26)-R29) or (Z3Si-O-Si(R34)(R35)-O-SiZ3). The tetrasiloxane includes a backbone with tour silicons, at least one of the silicon being linked to at least one substituent that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The polysiloxane includes a backbone with 5 or more silicons, at least one silicon being linked to at least one substituent that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The total volume of the component comprising siloxane and silane is less than 50% of the solvent volume.M+ = metal ion comprising group I or II elements;Y1-Y3 = -CX(CR2)aCX-, CZZ1(CR2)aCZZ1-, -CX(CR2)aCZZ1-, -SO2(CR2)bSO2- or -CO(CR2)bSO2-;X = =O or =NR3;Z, Z1 = alkyl, halogenated alkyl, -C=NR3, C(R3)3 or R3;R1 = halo;R3 = halo or H;R = H, alkyl, halogenated alkyl, CN or halo;R5 = alkyl, aryl or halo;R6x = -R9-O-(CH2-CH(R10)-O)n-R11 (VIII-A) or -R14-O-(CH2-CH(R16)-O)n-R15-second silane (VIII-C);R7y = substituted dioxolan-2-one moiety of formula (VIII-B);R9 = nil or organic spacer;R12 = organic spacer;R21 = -R9-O-(CH2-CH(R10)-O)q-R11 (VII-A), (VIII-B) or -R14-O-(CH2-CH(R16)-O)q-R15-second siloxane (VII-C);x, y = 0-4;4-x+y = number of R5 substituents;R22 = alkyl, aryl, (VII-A) or (VIII-B);R23, R24 = alkyl;R28 = (VII-A) or (VIII-B);R29 = -R31-O-(CH2-CH(R32)-O)q-R33 or (VIII-B);R35 = (VIII-B), -(O-CH2-CH(R36)r-O-R37 or -R38-O-(CH2-CH(R39)-O)q-R40-second siloxane;R14, R15, R31, R38, R39 = nil or spacer;R10, R16, R14, R32, R36, R40 = H, alkyl or aryl;R11, R17-R20, R25-R27, R15, R33, R34, R37 = alkyl or aryl;Z3 = not defined;x+y = at least 1;n = 1-15;a = 0-4;b = 1-4;p = 1-2; andq, r = 1-12.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The organic solvent is cyclic carbonates, linear carbonates, dialkyl carbonates, aliphatic carboxylate esters, linear ethers, cyclic ethers or fluorinated carboxylate esters, preferably propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethylmethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, diglyme, triglyme, tetraglyme or 1,2-dimethoxyethane.