“…In the most recent years, several metal carbonates, such as manganese carbonate [13], cobalt carbonate [14,15], Mn 1 À x Co x CO 3 [16], (BiO) 2 CO 3 and CdCO 3 [17], have been considered as potential candidates for anode materials in lithium-ion batteries due to high reversible capacity, good capacity retention and excellent cycle calendar life. Nevertheless, no literatures about basic carbonates as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries were ever reported.…”