Neodymium-doped lithium titanate as anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

Doped lithium titanate is known to be able to reversibly cycle in the potential range from 3 to 0.01 V and this ability depends both on the nature of the dopant and the doping level. In this work Li4Ti5O12 samples doped with Nd in the amount of 0.5 to 2.0% were studied. It was shown that while being cycled in the extended potential range, the samples with the doping level from 0.5 to 1.0% demonstrated the highest capacity.