In one or more embodiments, electrolyte compositions that provide cell performance enhancements to particular electrode materials may be used. For example, in one or more exemplary electrolyte compositions may work well for a combination of (i) high capacity conversion-type (nano)composite cathode materials (e.g., conversion-type nano)composite cathode materials which exhibit moderate volume changes (e.g., 5-50 vol. %) during the first charge-discharge cycle and small-to-moderate volume changes (e.g., 3-40 vol. %) during the subsequent charge-discharge cycles, and an average size (for example, a diameter, in the case of spherical particles) in the range of around 0.2 to around 20 microns) with (ii) a sub-class of high-capacity moderate volume changing anodes (e.g., anodes comprising (nano)composite anode powders, which exhibit moderately high volume changes (e.g., 8-180 vol. %) during the first charge-discharge cycle, moderate volume changes (e.g., 4-50 vol. %) during the subsequent charge-discharge cycles, an average size (e.g., average diameter) in the range of around 0.2 to around 40 microns and specific surface area in the range of around 0.3 to around 60 m²/g normalized by the mass of the active electrode particles and, in the case of Si-comprising anodes, specific capacities in the range of around 550 to around 2400 mAh/g (e.g., when normalized by the total mass of the active electrode particles, conductive additives and binders) or in the range of around 650 to around 2,600 mAh/g (e.g., when normalized by the mass of the active anode particles only)).