Abstract: Three dimensional ordered porous carbon encapsulated nanoscaled Cu2O -CuO (3D Cu2O -CuO@C) was prepared as the anode materials of Li-ion battery by using polystyrene sphere as template and the mixture of bayberry tannin/Cu2+ as precursor. The morphology and electrochemical properties of 3D Cu2O-CuO@C were fully investigated by various techniques. The 3D Cu2O-CuO@C electrode delivered the specific capacity high up to 635.8 mA·h·g -1 after 500 discharge/charge cycles at the current density of 1.0 A·g-1. At the high current density of 8.0 A·g-1, the specific capacity still reached 173.4 mA·h·g-1, exhibiting appreciable high-rate capability.