TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - The lithium battery further comprises a polymer binder that separately reacts with the anode and/or the cathode.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The carbide comprises hard carbon, soft carbon, a carbon black, graphite, graphene, carbon fiber, and/or carbon nanotubes. The metal oxide comprises tin(II) oxide, tin oxide, germanium oxide, germanium dioxide, indium(I) oxide, indium(III) oxide, lead(II) oxide, lead(IV) oxide, lead oxide, silver(I) oxide, silver oxide, antimony trioxide, antimony oxide, antimony pentoxide, silicon monoxide, zinc oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel(II) oxide, and/or iron(II) oxide. The cathode comprises a lithium metal, and/or lithium mixed metal oxide. The electrolyte is lithium salt comprising lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium (bis) trifluoromethanesulfonimide, lithium hexafluroantimonate, lithium perchlorate, lithium tetrachloroaluminate, lithium tetrachlorogallate, lithium nitrate, lithium sulfur cyanide, lithium tetraphenylborate or monolithium monocarbon trifluorosulfite and metal compounds of formulae (LiC(SO2CF3)3), (LiN(SO2CF3)2), (LiO3SCF2CF3), (LiC6F5SO3), (LiO2CCF3) and/or (LiSO3F). The electrolyte has a content of 30-40 wt.%. The lithium mixed metal oxide comprises lithium-manganese dioxide, lithium mangante oxide, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium dichromate, lithium chromate, lithium nickel oxide, lithium iron oxide or lithium iron phosphate and metal compounds of formulae (LiMn(0.5)Ni(0.5)O2), (LiMn(1/3)Co(1/3)Ni(1/3)O2), and/or (LiMc(0.5)Mn(1.5)O4).    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The oxygen-containing functional group comprises phenol group, quinone group, pyrone group, pyran group, and/or lactone group. The additive comprises maleimide, polymaleimide, bismaleimide, polybismaleimide, copolymers of bismaleimide and maleimide, and/or vinylene carbonate. The water has a content of 20-300 ppm (preferably 100 ppm). The maleimide comprises N-phenylmaleimide, N-(o-methylphenyl)-maleimide, N-(m-methylphenyl)-maleimide, N-(p-methylphenyl)-maleimide, N-cyclohexylmaleimide, maleimide, maleimidophenol, maleimidobenzocyclobutene, phosphorus containing maleimide, phosphonate-containing maleimide, siloxane-containing maleimide, N-(4-tetrahydropyranyl-oxyphenyl) maleimide, or 2,6-xylylmaleimide. The bismaleimide is of formula (I). The additive has a content of 0.05-0.5 wt.%. The organic solvent comprises gamma -butyrolactone, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, propyl acetate, dimethyl carbonate, and/or ethylmethyl carbonate. The organic solvent has a content of 95-99 wt.%.R = -(CH2)2-, -(CH2)6-, -(CH2)8-, -(CH2)12-, -CH2-(C(CH3)2)-CH2-CH-(CH3)-CH2-CH2-, 1-methyl-4-(4-methylphenoxy)benzene, 1-methyl-4-(p-tolylmethyl)benzene, m-xylene, p-xylene or 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The polymer binder comprises polyvinylidene fluoride, styrene-butadiene rubber, polyamide, melamine resin, carboxymethyl-cellulose, and/or a water-based binder (lanthanum 132).