Lithium metal oxide particles have been produced having average diameters
less than about 100 nm. Composite metal oxides of particular interest
include, for example, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel oxide, lithium
titanium oxides and derivatives thereof. These nanoparticles composite
metal oxides can be used as electroactive particles in lithium or lithium
ion batteries. Batteries of particular interest include lithium titanium
oxide in the negative electrode and lithium cobalt manganese oxide in the
positive electrode.
