The bad electrochemical performance circumscribes the application of commercial TiO 2 (c-TiO 2 ) anodes in Li-ion batteries. Carbon coating could ameliorate the electronic conductivity of TiO 2 , but the ionic conductivity is still inferior. Herein, a co-modification method was proposed by combining the solid electrolyte of lithium magnesium silicate (LMS) with pitch-derived carbon to concurrently meliorate the electronic and ionic conductivities of c-TiO 2 . The homogeneous mixtures were heated at 750 C, and the co-modified product with suitable amounts of LMS and carbon demonstrates cycling capacities of 256.8, 220.4, 195.9, 176.4, and 152.0 mA h g À1 with multiplying current density from 100 to 1600 mA g À1 . Even after 1000 cycles at 500 mA g À1 , the maintained reversible capacity was 244.8 mA h g À1 . The superior rate performance and cyclability correlate closely with the uniform thin Ndoped carbon layers on the surface of c-TiO 2 particles to favor the electrical conduction, and with the ion channels in LMS as well as the cation exchangeability of LMS to facilitate the Li + transfer between the electrolyte, carbon layers, and TiO 2 particles. The marginal amount of fluoride in LMS also contributes to the excellent cycling stability of the co-modified c-TiO 2 . Fig. 1 The TEM images of TiO 2 /C (a and b) and LMS2 (c and d). (e) The HAADF-STEM image of LMS2 and EDS mappings: Ti map, Mg map, Si map, and mixed color map of C, O, Mg, Si, and Ti.