TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Components: The electrolyte contains an organic liquid electrolyte, ionic liquid electrolyte, gel electrolyte, polymer electrolyte, and/or solid electrolyte. The electrolyte contains an organic liquid electrolyte, ionic liquid electrolyte, gel electrolyte, polymer electrolyte, and/or solid electrolyte, where the electrolyte contains lithium ions.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The phthalocyanine compound is selected from copper phthalocyanine, zinc phthalocyanine, tin phthalocyanine, iron phthalocyanine, lead phthalocyanine, nickel phthalocyanine, vanadyl phthalocyanine, fluorochromium phthalocyanine, magnesium phthalocyanine, manganese phthalocyanine, dilithium phthalocyanine, aluminum phthalocyanine chloride, cadmium phthalocyanine, chlorogallium phthalocyanine, cobalt phthalocyanine, silver phthalocyanine, and/or metal-free phthalocyanine. The particles of the phthalocyanine compound and sheets of the graphene material are mutually bonded or agglomerated into a secondary particulate with a graphene sheet embracing the phthalocyanine compound particles, where the particulate has an electrical conductivity of not less than 10-4 S/cm. The secondary particulate has an electrical conductivity of greater than 10-2 S/cm. The secondary particulate is spherical in shape. The hybrid cathode active material has a specific surface area of greater than 50 m2/g. The particles of phthalocyanine compound have a dimension smaller than 100 nm. The graphene material is selected from single-layer sheet or multi-layer platelet of graphene, graphene oxide, fluorinated graphene, halogenated graphene, hydrogenated graphene, nitrogenated graphene, pristine graphene, doped graphene, boron doped graphene, nitrogen doped graphene, chemically treated graphene, reduced graphene oxide, functionalized graphene, and/or functionalized graphene oxide. The lithium storage material is selected from graphite worms, exfoliated graphite flakes, expanded graphite, chemically treated graphite with an inter-graphene planar separation no less than 0.4 nm, chemically etched or expanded soft carbon, chemically etched or expanded hard carbon, exfoliated activated carbon, chemically etched or expanded carbon black, chemically expanded multi-walled carbon nano-tube, and/or chemically expanded carbon nano-fiber, where the lithium storage material has surface areas to capture and store lithium on it and has a specific surface area of greater than 50 m2/g in direct contact with the electrolyte. The prelithiated lithium storage material contains a mixture of a high capacity anode material and a high rate capable anode material, where the high rate capable anode material is selected from nano-scaled particles or filaments of a lithium transition metal oxide, lithiated Co3O4, lithiated Mn3O4, lithiated Fe3O4, and/or Li4Ti5O12, and the high capacity anode material is selected from pre-lithiated Si, Ge, Sn, and/or SnO. The prelithiated lithium storage material has a specific capacity of not less than 500 mAh/g, preferably not less than 1000 mAh/g, especially not less than 2000 mAh/g based on the anode active material weight. The hybrid cathode active material further contains a carbon material in electronic contact with the phthalocyanine compound and a graphene sheet. The hybrid cathode active material further comprises a carbon material coated on or in contact with a particle of the phthalocyanine compound, where the carbon material is selected from carbonized resin, amorphous carbon, chemical vapor deposition carbon, carbon black, acetylene black, activated carbon, fine expanded graphite particle with a dimension smaller than 100 nm, artificial graphite particle, and/or natural graphite particle. The hybrid cathode active material is prepared from by preparing a precursor mixture of a graphene or graphene precursor material with a phthalocyanine compound or compound precursor; and thermally and/or chemically converting the precursor mixture to the hybrid cathode active material, where the step of preparing a precursor mixture comprises preparing a suspension of graphene or graphene precursor in a liquid medium and mixing a phthalocyanine compound or compound precursor in the suspension to form a multi-component suspension.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - METALLURGY - Preferred Components: The anode active material is a lithium ion source selected from lithium metal, lithium alloy, or lithium-containing compound. The lithium storage material is selected from silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), and/or cadmium (Cd); alloy or intermetallic compound of Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, Bi, Zn, Al, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, and/or Cd; oxide, carbide, nitride, sulfide, phosphide, selenide, telluride, or antimonide of Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, Bi, Zn, Al, Fe, Ti, Co, Ni, Mn, and/or Cd, salt or hydroxide of Sn; or carbon or graphite material. The prelithiated lithium storage material is selected from pre-lithiated silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), and/or cadmium (Cd); pre-lithiated alloy or intermetallic compound of Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, Bi, Zn, Al, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, and/or Cd; pre-lithiated oxide, carbide, nitride, sulfide, phosphide, selenide, telluride, or antimonide of Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, Bi, Zn, Al, Fe, Ti, Co, Ni, Mn, and/or Cd; pre-lithiated salt or hydroxide of Sn; or pre-lithiated carbon or graphite material.