Hollow carbon@SnO2@graphene composite was fabricated by hard template method combined with layer by layer self assembly modification method based on internal-external double protection strategy. The ∼45nm thick active SnO2 existed uniformly between the ∼20nm thick carbon layer and graphene layer to form a three-dimensional porous composite structure. The prepared composite electrode exhibited stable and high capacity of 1015mAhg−1 over 600 cycles at 500mAg−1.