TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The carbon nanotubes are multi-wall carbon nanotubes, and have a diameter of greater than 4 nm, preferably 4-100 nm. The carbon nanotube agglomerates have a maximum dimension of 0.5-1000 micrometers, are made in a fluidized bed reactor, and are present in an amount of 1-15 wt.%. The tap density of the carbon nanotube agglomerates is greater 0.02 g/cm3. The carbon nanotube agglomerates have been reduced in size by one or more processes comprising jet mill, ultrasonicator, ultrasonics, colloid-mill, ball-mill, bead-mill, sand-mill, dry milling or roll-mill.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The liquid vehicle is water, alcohols, ethers, aromatic hydrocarbons, esters, ketones and/or n-methyl pyrrolidone.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Composition: The paste has a solid state bulk electrical resistivity of less than 10-1 Omega -cm, and a viscosity of greater than 5000 cps. The paste composition further comprises: lithium ion battery electrode materials comprising lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, nitrogen, nickel, cobalt, manganese, vanadium, silicon, carbon, aluminum, niobium and zirconium and iron; and a polymeric binder. The paste composition is present in an amount of 2-50 wt.%. The paste composition is contacting a metallic surface to form an electrode for the lithium ion battery and the liquid vehicle is removed. Preferred Components: The dispersant is poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (preferred), poly(styrene sulfonate), poly(phenylacetylene), poly(meta-phenylenevinylene) polypyrrole, poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole), natural polymers, amphiphilic materials in aqueous solutions, anionic aliphatic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), cyclic lipopeptide biosurfactant, surfactin, water-soluble polymers, carboxyl methyl cellulose, hydroxyl ethyl cellulose, poly(vinyl alcohol), polyoxyethylene surfactant, poly(vinylidene fluoride), polyacrylic acid, and/or PVC. The dispersant is present in an amount of 0.2-5 wt.%. The ratio of the dispersant weight to carbon nanotube agglomerates weight is less than 1. The polymeric binder is polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyurethane, PVC, polyvinylidene fluoride and/or thermoplastic polyester resins, where the polymeric binder is present in amount of less than 5 wt.%. Preferred Method: The carbon nanotube agglomerates selected are spherical carbon nanotube agglomerates. The paste composition making method further comprises mixing the dispersant with the liquid vehicle before adding the carbon nanotube agglomerates. The dispersing step is performed by a means for dispersing. The battery electrode coating preparation method further comprises mixing a polymeric binder with the liquid vehicle before mixing the paste composition with lithium ion battery materials. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.