Nanoporous ZnMn 2 O 4 nanorods have been successfully synthesized by calcining b-MnO 2 /ZIF-8 precursors (ZIF-8 is at ype of metal-organic framework).I fm easured as an anode materialf or lithium-ion batteries,t he ZnMn 2 O 4 nanorods exhibit an initial discharge capacity of 1792 mA hg À1 at 200 mA g À1 ,a nd an excellent reversiblec apacity of 1399.8 mA hg À1 after 150 cycles (78.1 %r etention of the initial discharge capacity). Even at 1000mAg À1 ,t he reversible capacity is still as high as 998.7 mA hg À1 after 300 cycles. The remarkable lithium-storage performance is attrib-uted to the one-dimensional nanoporous structure. The nanoporous architecture not only allows more lithium ions to be stored,w hich provides additionali nterfacial lithiumstoragec apacity,b ut also buffers the volumec hanges,t oa certain degree, duringt he Li + insertion/extraction process. The results demonstrate that nanoporousZ nMn 2 O 4 nanorods with superior lithium-storage performance have the potentialt ob ec andidates for commercial anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. Figure 6. a) Cycling performance at 200 mA g À1 and b) rate performance of b-MnO 2 ,ZnO, and the nanoporous ZnMn 2 O 4 nanorods. c) Cycling performance of the nanoporousZnMn 2 O 4 nanorods at 1000 mA g À1 .