Amorphousnanoparticles of ZnO and TiO 2 embedded in carbon nanocages (AZT&CNCs)w ere successfullys ynthesizedt hrough as imple annealing process of TiO 2 -coated zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8). In the current anode of AZT&CNCs, tiny ZnO and TiO 2 nanoparticlesw ere uniformly distributed in the carbon matrix (carbon nanocages), which could effectively buffer the volumee xpansion of electroactive ZnO and provide excellent electric conductivity. After fully investigatingt he electrochemical performance of the AZT&CNCs samples obtained with different additive amountso ft etrabutylo rthotitanate (TBOT) for TiO 2 coating, it hasb een found that AZT-30 (0.1 gZ IF-8 with 30 mL TBOT) showst he best cycle stability( 510 mA hg À1 after 350 cycles at 200 mA g À1 )a nd as uperior rate capability (610 mA hg À1 after 3500 cycles at 2Ag À1 ). The greatlye nhancedL i-ion storagep erformance could be ascribed to the fact that the introduction of amorphous TiO 2 could activate the reversible lithiation/delithiation reactiono fZ nO during the charge/dischargep rocess.Supporting information (containings upplementary TEM imageso fZIF-8 and ZIF-8@TiO 2 and the correspondingE FTEM elemental mappingi mages of ZIF-8@TiO 2 ,XRD patternso fA ZT-0, AZT-30, and AZT-60 after calcination in air,EDS patterns of AZT-30 and AZT-60, BET data of AZT-30, CV and discharge-charge curves of AZT-0a nd AZT-60 at 200 mA g À1 ,dischargechargecurveso fA ZT-0, AZT-30, and AZT-60 at 2Ag À1 ,aS EM imageo fA ZT-30 after5 0c harging/discharging cycles, EISofA ZT-0, AZT-30 and AZT-60) and the ORCIDi dentification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under:https://doi.