Metal/non-metal co-doped lithium titanate spheres with hierarchical micro/nano architectures for high rate lithium ion batteries

The present invention is to provide a lithium titanate (LTO) material for a lithium ion battery. The LTO material has hierarchical micro/nano architecture, and comprises a plurality of micron-sized secondary LTO spheres, and a plurality of pores incorporated with metal formed by a metal dopant. Each of the micron-sized secondary LTO spheres comprises a plurality of nano-sized primary LTO particles. A plurality of the nano-sized primary LTO particles is encapsulated by a non-metal layer formed by a non-metal dopant. The LTO material of the present invention has high electrical conductivity for increasing the capacity at high charging/discharging rates, and energy storage capacity.