The invention relates to a
titanium niobate
composite material, a preparation method thereof, and a
cathode and a battery containing the
composite material. The
titanium niobate
composite material is represented as BxCyNz-LaTibMcNbdOe, wherein BxCyNz represents a compound containing
boron carbon or
carbon nitrogen or
boron carbon nitrogen; L represents Li or Na, preferably Li; M is one element selected from Al, B, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Ce, Y, Zr, Mo, La, Ta, N and P; x, y, z, a, b, c, d and e represent mole percentages, x is no less than 0 and less than 1, y is larger than 0 and less than 1, z is no less than 0 and less than 1, a is no less than 0 and no larger than 0.2, b is larger than 0.8 and no larger than 1.1, c is no less than 0 and less than 0.2, d is larger than 1.95 and no larger than 2.1, e is no less than 6.8 and no larger than 7, and x and y are not 0 at the same time. The composite material disclosed herein and used as a
cathode material of a
lithium ion battery has the advantages of high coulombic efficiency, high ionic and
electric conductance, good
cycling performance of high-rate
charge and discharge, high safety, no
pollution, and low price.