Porous Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ Coated with N‐Doped Carbon from Ionic Liquids for Li‐Ion Batteries

Abstract

A uniform nitrogen-doped carbon coating layer is formed on Li4Ti5O12 particles by mixing porous Li4Ti5O12 powder with an ionic liquid and then treating the mixture at moderate temperature. Uniformly coated Li4Ti5O12 is shown to have significantly improved rate capability and cycling performance for Li-ion batteries. This relatively simple approach is versatile and can be extended to modify other electrode materials for electrochemical devices. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.