Hexamethylene diisocyanate can chemically react with the onium ion produced by the oxidation of propylene carbonate and in situ generate a novel interfacial layer that is stable at high potential. With an appropriate thickness of this film, LiNi 1/3 Co 1/3 Mn 1/3 O 2 presents significantly improved rate and cycle performances when tested between 2.5 and 4.6 V (vs. Li/Li + ).Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) have been rapidly developed since their rst commercialization in the 1990s by Sony. 1 To date, this technology has dominated the market of commercial electronic devices and penetrated into the elds of transportation and smart grids. 2 In contrast to aqueous systems, 3 LIB electrolytes utilize liquid carbonates as solvents, which enable their operating window to be widened to 1.2-4.3 V(vs. Li/Li + ). 4 Although the anodic working potential was pushed to $0.02 V(vs. Li/Li + ) by building a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer, 5 the progress to li cathode limitation almost remained static for most of the solid remnants started to decompose above 4.35 V(vs. Li/ Li + ). 4 On the other hand, positively widening the working window could provide the possibility to fully utilize the commercial cathodes such as LiCoO 2 and LiNi 1ÀxÀy Co x Mn y O 2 , and enable the evaluation of novel materials including xLi 2 -MnO 3 $(1 À x)LiMnO 2 and LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 . 6 Obviously, using high-potential electrolytes has become one of the most promising strategies to enhance the cell's energy density.The utilization of anti-oxidative solvents seems to be the most easily implemented solution. The solvents with strong electron-withdrawing groups, such as sulfone and nitrile, 7 could endure the oxidation at high potential. Although they exhibited good stability even up to 6 V(vs. Li/Li + ), the electrolytes based on these solvents are not applicable in current commercial systems due to their inability to construct an effective SEI layer on the graphite anode. 8 Currently, these solvents are utilized as cosolvents, by which the cut-off potential could be lied by 100-200 mV. This improvement could be attributed to the absorption of anti-oxidative solvents on the active sites of cathodes. 7b,9Passivating the cathode with an inert layer is an alternative strategy to improve its cyclic stability. Coating inorganic ceramics, such as metal oxides and phosphates, could alleviate the side reactions between the electrolyte solvents and cathodes to make LiCoO 2 work normally at 4.4 V(vs. Li/Li + ) in state-of-theart electrolytes. 10 Building an organic lm with lower HOMO levels is also a feasible strategy, such as the uorinated decomposed products of phosphides. The uorine-containing fragments and subsequently generated oligomers present a better stability at high potential, as shown by Choi and Xu et al. 11 Using a polymer layer is another effective way to ameliorate the cyclic stability. With the appropriate concentration, aromatic derivatives 12 could form a thin layer on the cathode, instead of dimensional growth that will lead to ele...