TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The electrolyte salt is an anion consisting of fluorine (F-), chlorine (Cl-), bromine (Br-), idoine (I-), nitrate ion (NO3-), dicyanamide (N(CN)2-), tetrafluoroborate (BF4-), perchlorate (ClO4-), hexafluorophosphate (PF6-), tetrafluorobis(trifluoromethyl)phosphate ((CF3)2PF4-), trifluorobis(trifluoromethyl)phosphate ((CF3)3PF3-), difluorobis(tetrafluoromethyl)phosphate ((CF3)4PF2-), thiocyanate, and anions of formulae ((CF3)5PF-), ((CF3)6P-), (CF3SO3-), (CF3CF2SO3-), ((CF3SO2)2N-), ((FSO2)2N-), (CF3CF2(CF3)2CO-), ((CF3SO2)2CH-), ((SF5)3C-), ((CF3SO2)3C-), (CF3(CF2)7SO3-), (CF3CO2-), (CH3CO2-), and ((CF3CF2SO2)2N-). The anode includes an active material layer including lithium metal, carbon material and metal compound. The metal compound consists of silicon, germanium, tin, lead, phosphorus, antimony, bismuth, aluminum, gallium, indium, titanium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, silver, magnesium, strontium and barium. The cathode includes a cathode material layer containing lithium-containing transition metal oxide. The lithium-containing transition metal oxide consists of lithium cobalt oxide of formula (LixCoO2), lithium nickel oxide of formula (LixNiO2), lithium manganese oxide of formula (LixMnO2 and LixMn2O4), lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide of formula (Lix(NiaCobMnc)O2 and Lix(NiaCobMnc)O4), lithium nickel cobalt oxide of formula (LixNi1-yCoyO2), lithium cobalt manganese oxide of formula (LixCo1-yMnyO2), lithium nickel manganese oxide of formula (LixNi1-yMnyO2 and LixNi2-zMnzO4), lithium manganese cobalt oxide of formula (LixMn2-zMnzO4), lithium cobalt phosphorus oxide of formula (LixCoPO4) and lithium iron phosphorus oxide of formula (LixFePO4). The battery comprises a current breaking element.x = 0.5-1.3;a, b, c = 0-1;a+b+c = 1;y = 0-1; andz = 0-2.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The ester compound consists of phenoxyethyl propionate, 2-phenoxyethyl isobutyrate, phenoxyethyl benzoate, 2-isobutoxyethyl benzoate, 2-ethoxyethyl benzoate and 2-methoxyethyl benzoate, and is present in an amount of 0.5-10 pts. wt. The organic solvent consists of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, 1,2-butylene carbonate, 2,3-butylene carbonate, 1,2-pentylene carbonate, 2,3-pentylene carbonate, vinylenecarbonate, vinylethylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methylpropyl carbonate, ethylpropyl carbonate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, propyl propionate, gamma -butyrolactone, gamma -valerolactone, gamma -carprolactone, sigma -valerolactone and epsilon -carprolactone. Preferred Definitions:    R1, R3 = methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, phenyl or benzyl; and    R2 = methylene, ethylene, propylene or isopropylene, where one of R1 and R3 is phenyl group or benzyl group.    EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.