Highly ordered mesoporous antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO) materials, containing di®erent amount of antimony in the range of 0-50 mol%, are prepared via a nanoreplication method using a mesoporous silica template. The mesoporous ATO materials thus obtained exhibit high electrical conductivity, high reversible capacity, superior cycle stability and good rate capability as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, compared to those of pure mesoporous tin oxide. Amongst the ATO materials in this work, the mesoporous ATO material with 10 mol% of antimony has highest discharge capacity of 1940 mAhg À1 (charge capacity of 1049) at the 1st cycle, best cycle performance (716 mAhg À1 at 100th cycle) and excellent rate capability, which are probably due to the enhanced electrical conductivity as well as reduced crystalline size.