A battery which is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising: - a positive electrode; - a negative electrode which comprises a negative electrode current collector and, formed thereon, a negative electrode material layer comprising a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing lithium at a potential of ≥ 0.78 V (vs. Li/Li +); and - a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising, a nonaqueous solvent comprising, relative to the volume of the nonaqueous solvent, 5-50 vol.-% propylene carbonate and, dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte comprising - LiPF 6 in an amount of ≥ 70 mol% of the electrolyte, and - at least one selected from lithium perchlorate (LiClO 4), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF 4), lithium hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF 6), lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiCF 3 SO 3), lithium bistrifluoromethylsulfonyl imide [LiN(CF 3 SO 2) 2], lithium N,N-bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI), lithium N,N-bispentafluoroethanesulfonyl amide (LiBETI), lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), lithium difluorophosphate (LiPF 2 O 2), lithium monofluorophosphate (LiPFO 3 H), lithium bisoxalatoborate (LiB(C 2 O 4) 2), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiF 2 BC 2 O 4), and lithium difluoro(trifluoro-2-oxide-2-trifluoro-methylpropionato(2-)-0,0)borate (LiBF 2 (OCOOC(CF 3) 2). wherein a film comprising a compound having a propylene glycol backbone of the formula is formed on at least a part of a surface of the negative electrode material layer; and the content of the compound having the propylene glycol backbone in the film is 2-40 μmol per g of the negative electrode material layer. - a positive electrode; - a negative electrode which comprises a negative electrode current collector and, formed thereon, a negative electrode material layer comprising a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing lithium at a potential of ≥ 0.78 V (vs. Li/Li +); and - a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising, a nonaqueous solvent comprising, relative to the volume of the nonaqueous solvent, 5-50 vol.-% propylene carbonate and, dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte comprising - LiPF 6 in an amount of ≥ 70 mol% of the electrolyte, and - at least one selected from lithium perchlorate (LiClO 4), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF 4), lithium hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF 6), lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiCF 3 SO 3), lithium bistrifluoromethylsulfonyl imide [LiN(CF 3 SO 2) 2], lithium N,N-bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI), lithium N,N-bispentafluoroethanesulfonyl amide (LiBETI), lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), lithium difluorophosphate (LiPF 2 O 2), lithium monofluorophosphate (LiPFO 3 H), lithium bisoxalatoborate (LiB(C 2 O 4) 2), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiF 2 BC 2 O 4), and lithium difluoro(trifluoro-2-oxide-2-trifluoro-methylpropionato(2-)-0,0)borate (LiBF 2 (OCOOC(CF 3) 2). wherein a film comprising a compound having a propylene glycol backbone of the formula is formed on at least a part of a surface of the negative electrode material layer; and the content of the compound having the propylene glycol backbone in the film is 2-40 μmol per g of the negative electrode material layer. - LiPF 6 in an amount of ≥ 70 mol% of the electrolyte, and - at least one selected from lithium perchlorate (LiClO 4), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF 4), lithium hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF 6), lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiCF 3 SO 3), lithium bistrifluoromethylsulfonyl imide [LiN(CF 3 SO 2) 2], lithium N,N-bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI), lithium N,N-bispentafluoroethanesulfonyl amide (LiBETI), lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), lithium difluorophosphate (LiPF 2 O 2), lithium monofluorophosphate (LiPFO 3 H), lithium bisoxalatoborate (LiB(C 2 O 4) 2), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiF 2 BC 2 O 4), and lithium difluoro(trifluoro-2-oxide-2-trifluoro-methylpropionato(2-)-0,0)borate (LiBF 2 (OCOOC(CF 3) 2). wherein a film comprising a compound having a propylene glycol backbone of the formula is formed on at least a part of a surface of the negative electrode material layer; and the content of the compound having the propylene glycol backbone in the film is 2-40 μmol per g of the negative electrode material layer.