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Metal selenides have been widely studied as anodes for lithium‐ion batteries, owing to the excellent electrochemical performance. However, the large volume change and poor conductivity may lead to unsatisfactory cycling stability and rate capability. Herein, the FeSe2/carbon matrix nanoparticles embedded into N‐doped graphene sheets (NGS) are designed and synthesized through a two‐step method. When employed as anodes for lithium‐ion batteries, the FeSe2/C@NGS composites exhibit high reversible specific capacities and excellent cycling stabilities of 757.0 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at 100 mA g−1 and 593.8 mAh g−1 after 1000 cycles at 2000 mA g−1. The carbon matrix and NGS construct binary conductive networks, which not only improve the inner conductivity of FeSe2 and conductivity between FeSe2/C nanoparticles, but also provide elastic buffer space to sustain the structural strain and accommodate the volume expansion and contraction of electrodes during the discharge and charge process. Furthermore, the reversible redox reaction of FeSe2 involves the formation of Fe and Li2Se during the cycling process. This work may open a new avenue for electrode material synthesis methodologies using metal‐organic frameworks as a template and to explore the lithium storage mechanisms of metal selenides for next‐generation batteries.

Due to its high electrochemical activities and low intercalation potential for Li/Li+, transition metal phosphides (TMPs) are booming as commerciogenic anode for lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). Herein, the reasonable devise of nitrogen‐doped carbon‐coated CoP (CoP@NC) nanocomposites, which is derived from metal–organic frameworks (MOF‐Co) precursors, combining with graphene modification, is presented. The ultrafine CoP@NC nanoparticles are strongly incorporated with graphene networks (CoP@NC/GO). When assessed as anode electrode for LIBs, novel dual carbon encapsulation architectures of CoP@NC/GO hybrid composites exhibit superior cyclability (345 mAh g−1 at 1500 mA g−1 after 1000 cycles) and prominent rate ability (404 mAh g−1 at 3000 mA g−1). It is believed that this strategy can be helpful for boosting the electrochemical performance of the TMPs family as advance anode materials for energy storage systems.

CdSe nanoparticles with carbon modification have been synthesized using a simple hydrothermal method for the first time. The lithium storage mechanisms of CdSe are a combination of conversion and alloying reactions and proved using ex situ tests.