Pyro synthesis is a method to coat nanoparticles by uniform layer of carbon without using any conventional carbon source. The resultant carbon coating can be evaporated in the form of CO or CO₂ at high temperature with the creation of large number of nanopores on the sample surface. Hence, a porous MnCo₂O₄ is successfully synthesized here with the same above strategy. It is believed that the electrolyte can easily permeate through these nanopores into the bulk of the sample and allow rapid access of Li⁺ ions during charge/discharge cycling. In order to compare the superiority of the porous sample synthesized by pyro synthesis method, MnCo₂O₄ nanoparticles are also synthesized by sol-gel synthesis method at the same parameters. When tested as anode materials for lithium ion battery application, porous MnCo₂O₄ electrode shows high capacity with long lifespan at all the investigated current rates in comparison to MnCo₂O₄ nanoparticles electrode.

热解合成是一种在不使用任何常规碳源的情况下通过均匀的碳层涂覆纳米颗粒的方法。所得的碳涂层可以在高温下以CO或CO ₂的形式蒸发，并在样品表面上形成大量的纳米孔。因此，在此通过相同的策略成功地合成了多孔MnCo ₂ O ₄ 。据认为，电解质可以容易地通过这些纳米孔渗透到样品的大部分中，并且在充电/放电循环期间允许Li ⁺离子的快速进入。为了比较热解法合成的多孔样品MnCo ₂ O _4的优越性纳米粒子也通过溶胶-凝胶合成法在相同的参数下合成。当作为锂离子电池应用的负极材料进行测试时，与MnCo ₂ O ₄纳米粒子电极相比，多孔MnCo ₂ O ₄电极在所有研究的电流速率下均显示出高容量和长寿命。