Conductive Inks Based on a Lithium Titanate Nanotube Gel for High‐Rate Lithium‐Ion Batteries with Customized Configuration

Solution-processable inks based on lithium titanate with a conductive network architecture, toward high-rate lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with a customized configuration are developed. The inks, with tunable viscosity, are compatible for on-demand coating techniques. The lithium titanate electrode derived from these inks exhibits excellent high-rate capacity (≈124 mA h g(-1) at 90 C, 15.7 A g(-1) ) after 1000 cycles.

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