The research status of crystal structure,character of lithium inserting,synthetic method and doping modification of lithium titanate(Li_4Ti_5O_(12)) as anode material for Li-ion battery was reviewed.Li_4Ti_5O_(12) showed the potential of 1.56 V(vs.Li),its theoretic and experimental specific capacity was 175 mAh/g and about 165 mAh/g.During the process of Li~+ intercalation and deintercalation,its crystal structure did(almost) no change.Preparation methods were mainly solid state reaction method and sol-gel ...