TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The active material is a cathode active material or an anode active material. The cathode active material is at least one of lithium nickel cobalt aluminum, lithium nickel cobalt manganese, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel oxide or lithium ferric phosphate oxide. The anode active material is at least one of mesocarbon microbeads or natural graphite powder. The active material is present at 20-80 wt.%. The conductive additive is at least one of granular graphite KS4, granular graphite KS6, vapor grown carbon fiber or particular carbon black SP. The conductive additive is surface-treated to have a functional group with a double-bond. The conductive additive is modified by a coupling agent to have a vinyl group. The coupling agent is at least one of a siloxane coupling agent or an oleic acid coupling agent. The conductive additive is present at 0.1-5 wt.%.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The compound having a barbituric acid structure is of formula (I). The compound having the maleimide structure is of formula (IIA) or (IIB), preferably phenylmaleimide, N-(p-methylphenyl)maleimide, N-(o-methylphenyl) maleimide, N-(m-methylphenyl)maleimide, N-cyclohexyl maleimide, maleimide, maleimidophenol, maleimidobenzocyclobutene, phosphorus-containing maleimide, phosphonate-containing maleimide, siloxane-containing maleimide, N-(4-tetrahydropyranyl-oxyphenyl)maleimide or 2,6-xylyl-maleimide.X1, Y1, Z1 = O, where at least one of them is replaced with S;R1-R4 = H or 1-5C alkyl, preferably R3 and R4 are H and R1 and R2 are H or 1-5C alkyl;m, n, o = greater than 1; andR = phenyl-1,3-diyl, phenyl-1,4-diyl, 6-methyl-phenyl-1,3-diyl, phenoxy-phenyl-4,4'-diyl, phenyl-methyl-phenyl-4,4'-diylProvided that R1 and R2 are not H at the same time. The free radical capture is at least one of hydroquinone, alpha -tocopherol, bisphenol-A, phenol, p-benzoquinone, 1,4-dihydroxynaphthalene, p-methoxyphenol, dodecanethiol, butanethiol, carbon tetrachloride, carbon tetrabromide, catechol, resorcinol, methyl-hydroquinone, trimethylhydroquinone, tert-butylhydroquinone or 2,5-di-tert-butyldroquinone.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The binder is at least one of vinyl difluoride, acrylic resin or styrene-butadiene rubber. The binder is present at 0.1-15 wt.%. EXAMPLE - Bismaleimide (N,N'-bismaleimide-4,4'-diphenyl-methane), barbituric acid (BTA) and hydroquinone at a molar ratio of 2.0:1.0:0.2 were placed in a reactor containing N-methylpyrrolidone as a solvent. The ratio of the total weight of bismaleimide, BTA and hydroquinone to the weight of the solvent was 20:80. The reaction of the mixture was performed at 130 degrees C for 3 hours to obtain the modified maleimide oligomer containing hydroquinone.