NOVELTY - Electrode comprises: a base composition having an active material capable of intercalating the metal ions during a discharge cycle and deintercalating the metal ions during a charge cycle, where the active material is e.g. lithium cobalt oxide and lithium manganese(II) oxide; and a coating composition that covers at least a portion of the base composition, where the coating composition comprises a non-metal or metalloid element.    USE - The electrode is useful in a battery including lithium-ion battery (preferred), aluminum-ion battery, magnesium-ion battery, sodium-ion battery, metal-air battery, and metal-sulfur battery, where the metal is lithium, aluminum, magnesium, zinc, or sodium, where the battery is useful in a grid storage application, vehicle battery application, military application, portable electronic device application, medical device application and standard cell size battery application (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The battery: has an ability to charge from 0-50% of the full range capacity in 6 minutes, or an ability to charge from 0-33% of the full range capacity in 1 minute; and has a functional discharge capacity of at least 90% of the initial discharge capacity after 100 cycles (claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Electrode comprises: a base composition having an active material capable of intercalating the metal ions during a discharge cycle and deintercalating the metal ions during a charge cycle, where the active material is lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese(II) oxide, lithium-manganese oxide compound of formula (Li2MnO3), lithium nickel oxide, lithium manganese nickel oxide compound of formula (LiMi1.5Ni0.5O4), lithium iron phosphate, lithium iron phosphate-fluoride compound of formula (Li2FePO4F), lithium cobalt nickel manganese oxide compound of formula (Li3CoNiMnO5), lithium-cobalt-nickel-manganese cobalt oxide compound of formula (Li(LiaNixMnyCoz)O2) and/or lithium-manganese-nickel-metal oxide compound of formula (LiaMn1.5-bNi0.5-cMdO4-x); and a coating composition that covers at least a portion of the base composition, where the coating composition comprises a non-metal or metalloid element.    a, x, y, z, b, c, d = not defined.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a battery comprising: an anode having the base composition; a cathode having the base composition with the active material capable of intercalating the metal ions during a discharge cycle and deintercalating the metal ions during a charge cycle; a coating composition that covers at least a portion of the base composition of the cathode or the base composition of the anode; and an electrolyte capable of supporting reversible deposition and stripping of metal at the anode, and reversible intercalation and deintercalation of the metal at the cathode; and    (2) forming the coated electrode, comprising: providing the base electrode composition having the active material; providing a doped carbon coating composition; and mixing the coating composition with the base electrode composition at an elevated temperature in a flowing inert gas atmosphere.