TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The anode comprises lithium complex oxide chosen from LiaNi1-b-cCobXcO2-a'Ta' (a is 0.9-1.3, b is 0-1, c is 0-0.1, a' is greater than 0 and less than 2), LiaNi1-b-cMnbXcO2-a'Ta', LiaNibCoc'MndGeO2 (c' is 0-1, d is 0-1, e is 0-0.1), LiaCoGb'O2 (b' is 0-0.1), LiaMn1-b'GbO2, LiaMn2-b-c'NibGc'O4, LiaMn2Gb'O4, LiaMn1-g-fGgXfPO4 (g is 0-1, f is 0-1), Li(3-f')J2(PO4)3 (f' is 0-2), Li(3-f')Fe2(PO4)3, and/or LiaFe1-gGgXfPO4, where X is aluminum, nickel, cobalt, manganese, chromium, iron, magnesium, strontium and/or vanadium, T is fluorine, sulfur and/or phosphors, G is aluminum, chromium, manganese, iron, magnesium, lanthanum, cerium, strontium and/or vanadium, Z is chromium, vanadium, iron, scandium and/or yttrium, and J is vanadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel and/or copper. The electrolytic salt is lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium hexafluoroantimonate, lithium hexafluoroarsenate, lithium perchlorate, lithium bis(pentafluoroethanesulfonyl)imide, lithium nonafluorobutane sulfonate, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonimide), lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate, lithium tris (trifluoromethanesulfonyl)methane, lithium aluminate (LiAlO4,LiAlO2), lithium-aluminum chloride, lithium chloride, and/or lithium iodide. The concentration of electrolytic salt is 0.5-1.2M. The anode is sodium complex oxide chosen from Naa"Ni1-b"-c"Cob"Xc"O2-zTz (a" is 0.3-1.3, b" is 0-1, c" is 0-0.1, z is greater than 0 and less than 2), Naa"Ni1-b"-c"Mnb"Xc"O2-zTz, Naa"Nib"Coc"Mnd"Ge"O2 (d" is 0-1, e" is 0-0.1), Naa"CoGb'"O2 (b'" is 0-0.1), Naa"Mn1-b'"Gb"O2, Naa"Mn2Gb'"O4, Naa"Mn1-g"-f"Gg"Xf"PO4 (g" is 0-1.0, f" is 0-1), Na(3-f'")J2(PO4)3 (f'" is 0-2), Na(3-f'")Fe2(PO4)3, and/or Naa"Fe1-g"Gg"Xf""PO4 (f"" is 0-1). The electrolytic salt is sodium perchlorate, sodium tetrafluoroborate, sodium-aluminum chloride, sodium hexafluoro antimonate, sodium hexafluoro phosphate, sodium thiocyanate, sodium trifluoromethane sulfonate, sodium compound (NaCF3CO2,NaB10Cl10), sodium hexafluoroarsenate, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, and/or sodium iodide.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Compounds: The alkyl methanesulfonate is methyl methanesulfonate, ethyl methanesulfonate, propyl methanesulfonate, butyl methanesulfonate, and/or pentyl methanesulfonate. The battery further contains additive chosen from fluorinated ethylene carbonate, vinyl carbonate, vinyl benzoate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl hexanoate, vinyl crotonate, vinyl pivalate, t-difluoroethylene carbonate, and ethylene sulfite.