A battery cathode with enhanced electrical conductivity for use in a battery having an electrolyte with an electromotive potential, the battery cathode comprising: an active base cathode material having an operating voltage and comprising lithium iron phosphate; and at least one additive dispersed within the active base cathode material creating a dispersed mixture, the at least one additive comprising: a first additive comprising a plurality of nickel-CVD coated fibers having a diameter of from 3 microns to 20 microns, a nickel-coating thickness between 0.1 micron and 3 microns; and a fiber length of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, the nickel-CVD coated fibers comprising nickel having an electromotive potential, the selection of the nickel for the nickel coating and thickness for the nickel coating affects the electrical conductivity and the electromotive reactivity; the fiber diameter and fiber length of the nickel-CVD coated fibers affects the aspect ratio, the surface area, and the dispersibility of the nickel-CVD coated fibers within the active base cathode material, the dispersed mixture imparts improved electrical and mechanical properties to the battery cathode; and the first additive is dispersed into the active base cathode material in a loading weight of up to 15% of the active base battery cathode material; wherein because the nickel coating may react corrosively to the electrolyte at a reaction voltage, the operating voltage of the base cathode material remains less than the reaction voltage of the nickel coating to the electrolyte. an active base cathode material having an operating voltage and comprising lithium iron phosphate; and at least one additive dispersed within the active base cathode material creating a dispersed mixture, the at least one additive comprising: a first additive comprising a plurality of nickel-CVD coated fibers having a diameter of from 3 microns to 20 microns, a nickel-coating thickness between 0.1 micron and 3 microns; and a fiber length of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, the nickel-CVD coated fibers comprising nickel having an electromotive potential, the selection of the nickel for the nickel coating and thickness for the nickel coating affects the electrical conductivity and the electromotive reactivity; the fiber diameter and fiber length of the nickel-CVD coated fibers affects the aspect ratio, the surface area, and the dispersibility of the nickel-CVD coated fibers within the active base cathode material, the dispersed mixture imparts improved electrical and mechanical properties to the battery cathode; and the first additive is dispersed into the active base cathode material in a loading weight of up to 15% of the active base battery cathode material; a first additive comprising a plurality of nickel-CVD coated fibers having a diameter of from 3 microns to 20 microns, a nickel-coating thickness between 0.1 micron and 3 microns; and a fiber length of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, the nickel-CVD coated fibers comprising nickel having an electromotive potential, the selection of the nickel for the nickel coating and thickness for the nickel coating affects the electrical conductivity and the electromotive reactivity; the fiber diameter and fiber length of the nickel-CVD coated fibers affects the aspect ratio, the surface area, and the dispersibility of the nickel-CVD coated fibers within the active base cathode material, the dispersed mixture imparts improved electrical and mechanical properties to the battery cathode; and the first additive is dispersed into the active base cathode material in a loading weight of up to 15% of the active base battery cathode material; wherein because the nickel coating may react corrosively to the electrolyte at a reaction voltage, the operating voltage of the base cathode material remains less than the reaction voltage of the nickel coating to the electrolyte.