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Electrochimica Acta 180 (2015) 858–865 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Electrochimica Acta journal homepa ge: www.elsev /locate/electacta Preparation of pompon-like MnO/carbon nanotube composite microspheres as anodes for lithium ion batteries a,b a,* b b c c Xia Cui , Yuqiao Wang , Zheng Chen , Huihui Zhou , Qingyu Xu , Pingping Sun , a a a,* b,* Jian Zhou , Lin Xia , Yueming Sun , Yunfeng Lu aJiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China b Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA c Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Pompon-like MnO/carbon nanotube (CNT) composite microspheres have been prepared by the pyrolysis Received 18 May 2015 of Mn O and CNT mixtures. These microspheres are constructed by combining MnO nanocrystallines 3 4 Received in revised form 1 September 2015 with CNT scaffolds to form the interconnected MnO-modified CNT networks. The three-dimensional Accepted 2 September 2015 composite structures are superior to the simple mixture o