  MoO2/C-composites have been fabricated for the first time by a tartaric
acid/glucose-assisted sol-gel method with post-annealing at 500 {\deg}C for 1 h
in N2 flow. The synthesized materials were fully characterized with respect to
structure, morphology, and electrochemical properties. Compared with tartaric
acid-assisted products, the adoption of glucose as carbon source effectively
increases the carbon content in the composites. Irrespective of the organic
component, the composites exhibit low crystallinity and small grain size. This
results in good electrochemical performance of the anode materials as confirmed
for the glucose-assisted materials which after additional post treatment
delivers a competitive electrochemical capacity.
