TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The composition is a microporous aerogel, a mesoporous aerogel, and/or a crystalline structure. The composition is an aerogel selected from a microporous aerogel, and/or a mesoporous aerogel; and a surface of the aerogel comprises microcrystals, and/or nanocrystals, of the material. The composition is made into a film; or the composition is deposited as a layer onto the anode of an energy storage device. Preferred Method: In the method (M1), contacting the aqueous solution of the vanadium entity involves contacting at least one of the vanadium entity comprising a vanadium alcoholate, a vanadium halide, a vanadium oxide, vanadium isopropoxide, vanadium tetrachloride, and/or a vanadium pentoxide. The method (M1) involves adding methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-propanol, and/or butanol; contacting a titanium alcoholate, titanium halide, a titanium oxide, titanium isopropoxide, titanium chloride and/or titanium oxide; and contacting a lithium alcoholate, lithium halide, lithium hydroxide, lithium isopropoxide, lithium chloride and/or lithium hydroxide. Contacting the aqueous solution with the borohydride involves contacting with at least one borohydride comprising sodium borohydride and lithium borohydride. The method (M1) further involves: contacting a vanadium oxide with concentrated hydrochloric acid to form a vanadium chloride; and adding a first alkyl alcohol to the vanadium chloride to form the vanadium entity; contacting a titanium oxide with concentrated hydrochloric acid to form a titanium chloride; and adding a second alkyl alcohol to the titanium chloride to form the titanium entity; contacting lithium hydroxide with concentrated hydrochloric acid to form a lithium chloride; and adding a third alkyl alcohol to the lithium chloride to form the lithium entity; preparing the aqueous solution by: contacting lithium hydroxide with an excess of hydrochloric acid to form a lithium chloride, and adding a first alcohol to the lithium chloride to form the lithium entity; and contacting titanium dioxide with an excess of hydrochloric acid to form a titanium chloride, and adding a second alcohol to the titanium chloride to form the titanium entity, contacting vanadium pentoxide with an excess of hydrochloric acid to form a vanadium tetrachloride, and adding a third alcohol to the vanadium tetrachloride to form the vanadium entity; mixing the lithium entity, the titanium entity, and the vanadium entity to form the aqueous solution. Preferred Components: At least one of lithium (Li), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), and boron (B), is in an oxidized state. The layer is a mesoporous aerogel, and/or a microporous aerogel. The anolyte is a solid or a fluid. Preferred Definitions:    x=greater than 0 to not greater than 7;    y=greater than 0 to not greater than 6;    z=greater than 0 to not greater than 5.    EXAMPLE - Ethanol (20 ml) and 10 ml of water; or 30 ml of ethanol only was added into a 100 ml conical flask. The mixture was stirred with a magnetic stirrer. While stirring, 5 ml of vanadium isopropoxide was added to the flask. The color of the solution immediately changed sequentially from lemon yellow, to yellow, and to greenish white. Titanium isopropoxide (5 ml) was then added into the solution, followed by 5 ml of lithium isopropoxide. While constantly stirring, sodium borohydride (NaBH4) (2M) was poured vigorously from a burette into the conical flask. The solution will show various color changes during the course of reduction of the entire solution by NaBH4. When reducing agent sodium borohydride (2M) was added, the solution turned greenish/greenish white. On continuous borohydride addition (2M solution, 22-25 ml) for a minute, the color turned light yellow and after a few seconds it turned deep yellow, which turned greyish/steel grey with a release of hydrogen gas within few minutes. Compounds of titanium, vanadium or lithium present in the solution were catalytically reduced to titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), lithium (Li) nanoparticles almost simultaneously in presence of hydrogen, and eventually reacted with boric acid in the solution to form LixTiyV1Bz. The solution was poured into a test tube and allowed to stand for 48 hours. Gradually the LixTiyV1Bz aerogel was formed, which floated in the solution during precipitation. The LixTiyV1Bz aerogel was greyish/grey-white in color. The LixTiyV1Bz aerogel was carefully washed with acetone several times, before supercritical drying. The dried ultra-light-weight LixTiyV1Bz aerogel was one of greenish greyish or whitish in color with microcrystals glittering throughout the aerogel material after supercritical drying. The ultra-light weight lithium titanium vanadium boride aerogel had a weight of approximately 0.2549 g.