TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The prelithiated and pre-pulverized particles have an average particle size less than 1 mu m (preferably less than 200 nm). The prelithiated fine particles comprise a prelithiated silicon particle having a size less than 200 nm. The anode further comprises nano graphene platelets; and a protective matrix reinforced by the nano graphene platelets where the fine particles of a first anode active material and the graphene platelets are dispersed in the protective matrix to form a nanocomposite containing x weight fraction of fine particles, y weight fraction of graphene platelets, and z weight fraction of protective matrix, (where x is 2-90 (preferably 10-60)%, y is 2-90 (preferably 2-30)%, z is 5-80 (preferably 5-60)% and x+y+z is 100%). The anode further comprises an amorphous carbon, polymeric carbon that forms a coating on a surface of the prelithiated fine particles, or form matrix in which a prelithiated particle is dispersed. The carbon coating has a thickness less than 1 mu m. The carbon is obtained from pyrolization of a polymer, pitch, or organic precursor, or obtained by chemical vapor deposition. The anode further comprises a protective material that forms coating on surface of the prelithiated fine particles or form matrix in which a prelithiated particle is dispersed. The anode further comprises a desired amount of a second anode active material selected from particles of graphite, hard carbon, soft carbon, meso-carbon micro-bead, surface-modified graphite and/or carbon-coated graphite. The anode comprises a conductive additive selected from carbon black, electro-spun nano fibers, carbonized electro-spun nano fibers, vapor-grown carbon or graphite nano fibers, carbon or graphite whiskers, carbon nano-tubes, nano-scaled graphene platelets, metal nano wires, metal-coated nano wires, carbon-coated nano wires, metal-coated nano fibers, and/or carbon-coated nano fibers. The cathode contains no lithium initially or does not contain a full capacity of lithium initially when the battery is assembled. The anode comprises fine particles of a first anode active material that contains lithium atoms prelithiated into a volume of at least one of the fine particles, and the fine particles have a size less than 1 mu m. The fine particles have a size less than 500 (preferably 200) nm. The protective matrix comprises amorphous carbon, polymeric carbon, or meso-phase carbon. The first anode active material is selected from silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), or cadmium (Cd); alloys or intermetallic compounds of Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, Bi, Zn, Al, or Cd with other elements, where the alloys or compounds are stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric; and/or oxides, carbides, nitrides, sulfides, phosphides, selenides, and tellurides of Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, Bi, Zn, Al, Fe, or Cd, and their mixtures or composites. The prelithiated anode active material is produced with a procedure involving electrochemical lithiation of the active material. The anode active material comprises silicon and the prelithiated particles comprise a prelithiated silicon of formula of Li4Si, Li4.4Si, or LixSi; and further comprises doped semiconductor material. The doped semiconductor material is selected from Si or Ge doped with n-type and/or p-type dopants.x=1-4.4.