What prompted you to investigate this topic/problem? Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), due to the inherentl imitations of traditional electrode materials, have relatively low energy and power density which hinders their application for electric vehicles. In order to tackle this problem, different engineering routes are being developed to increase their performance. Therefore, we have developed ad irect-fluorination process for the formation of oxyfluorides with the aim of also improving the cost effectiveness and practicality.D irect fluorination by elemental fluorine is one of the best solutions to obtain highly pure oxyfluoride materials, whicho ur group is using for research on electrode materials. With this approach, we have demonstrated for the first time the formation of 2D-titanium oxyfluoride (TiOF 2 )v ia low temperature directfluorination.