TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Processes: Coating of lithium battery component includes introducing mixture to plasma jet and immersing lithium battery component in mixture, or spraying, doctor-blading, or spin-coating the mixture on a surface of lithium battery component. The method further includes forming mixture by homogenously mixing electrolyte solvent, lithium compound, and monomer in an other solvent. Lithium battery component is a negative electrode; and the method further includes pre-lithiating coated lithium battery component by depositing solvent and lithium compound on coated lithium battery component using the plasma jet. The mixture completely encloses lithium battery component during coating of lithium battery component; the lithium battery component is a negative electrode, and during coating of lithium battery component, the mixture coats a side of negative electrode that is to face the porous membrane in a battery; the lithium battery component is a porous membrane, and during coating of lithium battery component, the mixture coats an outside of porous membrane and penetrates pores of porous membrane; or the lithium battery component is a positive electrode, and during coating step, the mixture coats a side of positive electrode that is to face porous membrane in a battery. Preferred Components: Lithium compound is selected from lithium perchlorate (LiClO4), lithium tetrachloroaluminate (LiAlCl4), lithium iodide (LiI), lithium bromide (LiBr), lithium thiocyanate (LiSCN), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), lithium tetraphenylborate (LiB(C6H5)4), lithium hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF6), lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiCF3SO3), lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiN(SO2F)2) (LiFSI), lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiN(CF3SO2)2) (LiTFSI), lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), lithium bis(oxalato) borate (LiB(C2O4)2) (LiBOB), lithium difluoroxalatoborate (LiBF2(C2O4)) (LiODFB), (LiPF4(C2O4)) (LiFOP), and/or lithium nitrate (LiNO3). Lithium battery component is a negative electrode; negative electrode is porous carbon; and mixture is a solution of electrolyte solvent, lithium compound, and 40-50% silicon precursor as monomer. Lithium battery component is a positive electrode for lithium-sulfur battery which includes sulfur-based active material selected from octasulfur (S8), lithium polysulfides (Li2S8, Li2S6, or Li2S4), lithium disulfide (Li2S2), lithium sulfide (Li2S), and/or sulfur-carbon composite. Lithium battery component is a positive electrode for lithium ion battery; and positive electrode includes lithium-transition-metal-oxide-based active material selected from lithium manganate (LiMn2O4), Li(Ni0.5Mn1.5)O2, Li(NixMnyCoz)O2, Li(NixMnyCoz)O4, lithium cobaltate (LiCoO2), lithium nickelate (LiNiO2), lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), lithium iron fluorophosphate (Li2FePO4F), lithium vanadium pentoxide (LiV2O5), Li2MSiO4, xLi2MnO3.(1-x)LiM1O2, LiNixM21-xO2, and/or LixMn2-xAlyO4.M=Co, Fe, and/or Mn;M1=any ratio of Ni, Mn, and Co; andM2=Al, Co, and/or Mg.Preferred Conditions: Precursor coating is exposed to plasma jet at 37-93 degrees C and feed rate of 1-500 ml/minute. Coating of lithium battery component is performed using a nozzle height of 2-10 cm or a nozzle height of 20 cm. Coating of lithium battery component is performed by plasma spraying mixture on the lithium battery component for 1-2 passes of the plasma jet. The plasma jet is 6 cm from lithium battery component coated with precursor coating and has voltage of 150-250 volts and velocity ranging of 1-20 mm/s.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: Lithium battery component is a lithium ion battery component; and electrolyte solvent is an organic solvent selected from cyclic carbonates, linear carbonates, aliphatic carboxylic esters, gamma -lactones, chain structure ethers, and/or cyclic ethers. Lithium battery component is a lithium-sulfur battery component; and electrolyte solvent is ether-based solvent selected from 1,3-dioxolane, tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethane, ethoxymethoxyethane, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TEGDME), and/or polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether (PEGDME).    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: Monomer is selected from methyl methacrylate with or without silica (SiO2) particles or alumina (Al2O3) particles, acrylonitrile with or without SiO2 particles or Al2O3 particles, vinyl chloride, polyethylene glycol diacrylate, ethylene oxide, and combination of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene. Polymer coating includes cation other than lithium cation and is not lithium conducting in which the method further includes ion-exchanging cation of polymer coating with lithium cation. Preferred Process: Polymerization of monomer in the precursor at least partially takes place while coating the lithium battery component with the precursor using the plasma jet.