and commercially available HC were used as received. The mixed anodes
were prepared by taking LTO and HC in two proportions: 50–50
and 20–80 by weight. The slurry was made by mixing the anode
powders with Super P and polyvinylidene fluoride binder in the ratio
of 80:10:10 and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as the solvent.
The slurry was coated on the Cu foil and was kept for drying overnight
at 80 °C. The slurry was coated on the Cu foil and was kept for
drying overnight at 80 °C. The foil was then punched into 1 cm2 circular discs. PXRD was done using a Bruker D8-ADVANCE X-ray
diffractometer (Germany) with Cu Kα (wavelength = 1.5418 Å).
SEM was done using an FEI Nova Nano 450 SEM instrument.