Abstract: Borate electrode materials for lithium ion batteries offer several appealing features, such as relatively light molar mass, abundant resources, environmental friendliness and relatively high theoretical specific capacities. In this article, we briefly reviewed the state-of-the art of borate cathode materials and borate anode materials, including LiFeBO3, LiMnBO3, LiCoBO3, Fe3BO6, FeBO3, Cr3BO6, Co2B2O5, Cu3B2O6 and VBO3. The recent research progress on their structures, preparation methods and electrochemical performances are presented. In addition, we proposed some possible solutions for the existed problems within these materials.

Key words: lithium ion batteries, borates, cathode materials, anode materials