Mesoporous cobalt monoxide nanorods grown on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets with high lithium storage performance

- Facile synthesis of mesoporous CoO NRs/rGO composite by a hydrothermal method.
- The composite has an unique 1D porous nanorods/2D sheets hybrid nanostructure.
- The CoO NRs/rGO composite shows excellent electrochemical performance as anode materials for Li-ion batteries.