TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The anion of a lithium salt of the liquid electrolyte has an ionic radius of greater than 0.5 nm. The lithium salt comprises a lithium sulfonimide compound including: lithium fluoroalkylsulfonimide, lithium fluoroarylsulfonimide, or lithium fluoroalkylarylsulfonimide; and bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide lithium salt, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonimide), lithium perfluoromethylsulfomethanide, LiN(CpF2p+1SO2)(CqF2q+1SO2), LiN((SO2)2CpF2p), lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, Li(C10F7SO2)2N, Li(C6F5SO2) (C10F7SO2)N, LiN(C6F5SO2)(CpF2p+1SO2) or LiN(C10F7SO2)(CpF2p+1SO2). The lithium salt has a concentration of 0.001-3 molar. A solvent of the liquid electrolyte has a molecular weight of 30-500 g/mole. The liquid electrolyte comprises carbonate, ester, ether, ketone, amine, nitrile, amide, sulfone, or ionic liquid solvents. The carbonate solvent comprises carbonyl compounds of formulae (R1-O-C(=O)-O-R2) (I) and (II). The ether solvent comprises an ethane compound of formula (R9a-(O-CH2-CH2-O)n-R9) (III) and a tetrahydro pyran compounds of formulae (IV)-(VIII). The sulfone solvent comprises a cyclohexane compound of formula (IX). The first protective layer further comprises a separator. The ion conductive solid electrolyte membrane of the second protective layer comprises a lithium ion conductive glass and a crystalline lithium ion conductive material comprising a metal compound of formula (Li1+x+y(Al, Ga)x(Ti, Ge)2-xSiyP3-yO12), a lithium-aluminum-germanium-phosphate, a lithium-aluminum-titanium-phosphate, or a lithium-aluminum-titanium silicon-phosphate. The anode active material layer comprises lithium metal, lithium metal alloy, and lithium intercalation compound. The lithium air battery further comprises an additional separator arranged between the anode and the cathode. The cathode comprises a conductive material and further comprises an oxygen oxidation/reduction catalyst. The conductive material comprises a porous carbonaceous material. The liquid electrolyte has a conductivity of greater than 0.01 S/m at 20 degrees C.p,q = 0-20, preferably 1-10, where p and q are different from each other;R1-R20, R9a = 1-5C alkyl optionally substituted with halo;n = 1-10; andx,y = 0-1.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The solvents are dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, methylpropyl carbonate, ethylpropyl carbonate, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, n-propyl acetate, dimethyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, gamma -butyrolactone, decanolide, valerolactone, mevalonolactone, caprolactone, dibutyl ether, tetraglyme, diglyme, polyethyleneglycoldimethylether, dimethoxyethane, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, 2,2-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran, cyclohexanone, triethylamine, triphenylamine, triethylphosphineoxide, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, 1,3-dioxolane, sulfolane, triglyme, methylbutylether and/or ethylbutylether. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.