A system, method, and articles of manufacture for a surface-modified transition metal cyanide coordination compound (TMCCC) composition, an improved electrode including the composition, and a manufacturing method for the composition represented by AxMnyMkj[Mnm(CN)(6)]z.(Vac)(1−Z).n(CH3OH) wherein A includes one or more alkali metals; and each dopant M may include at least one independently selected alkaline earth metal, a post-transition metal, or a transition metal having an average valence j; including one or more Mn(CN)6 complexes each including an Mn atom; wherein (Vac) identifies a Mn(CN)6 vacancy; wherein each particular Mn(CN)6 complex includes the Mn atom bonded to a plurality of cyanide groups; and wherein CH3OH identifies methyl alcohol; and further including one or more crystal structures of the TMCCC composition.