Hollow Carbon Nanospheres with a High Rate Capability for Lithium‐Based Batteries

Higher spheres: Hollow carbon nanospheres are prepared from glucose through a facile, sustainable hydrothermal method. Their morphology provides fast electron and lithium ion transport, which is reflected in a superior rate capability (100 mAh g−1 at 50 C) and good cycle stability. Nevertheless, these results provide direct evidence that not only lithium-ion insertion/extraction to the carbon layers occurs, but also that a surface reaction contributes to the high rate performance. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.