Abstract: <SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: " AR-SA? mso-bidi-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: 1.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 宋体; mso-fareast-font-family: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: Roman?; New Times>Rechargeable lithium ion batteries have the best developing and applying prospect in battery market.The property of battery is greatly decided by choosing the optimal cathode materials.At present,the carbon material for business purpose can</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ascii-font-family: " Roman?; New Times Roman?? ?Times mso-bidi-font-family: mso-hansi-font-family:>′</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: " AR-SA? mso-bidi-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: 1.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 宋体; mso-fareast-font-family: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: Roman?; New Times>t meet the needs of consumers for higher capacity,so a lot of researches have focused on finding new cathode material candidates with higher capacity.Advance in oxides as cathode materials for lithium ion batteries was introduced,which included tin oxides,other metal oxides,and composite oxides.Emphasis was focused on the introduction of preparation processes,electrochemical performances,and insertion-and-extraction mechanism of various oxides.Problems in these materials and the feasible methods to solve problems were also discussed.Finally,developing trend of these materials was prospected. </SPAN>