Binary metal oxides have been proven to be promising materials because of their advantages, which can improve the electrochemical performance of single metal oxides such as reversible capacity, structural stability and electronic conductivity. In this work, hollow and yolk-shell CoMn2O4 microspheres were successfully prepared by a solvothermal carbon templating method and subsequent thermal treatment process. This structure with enough free space is beneficial to improving the electrochemical performance. The products prepared by carbon spheres with a short reaction time of 10h have a hollow structure. The hollow CoMn2O4 samples exhibit a initial discharge capacity as 1175mAhg−1 at a current density of 1000mAg−1, and it remains at 563mAhg−1 with a coulombic efficiency of 97.6% after 50 cycles. The products prepared by carbon spheres with long reaction times of 12h and 16h have a yolk-shell structure. The yolk-shell CoMn2O4 samples exhibit high discharge capacities of 652 and 715mAhg−1 after 50 cycles at a high discharge rate of 1000mAg−1.