The carbon cloth (C100, Jiangsu Sutong) was activated in O2 atmosphere and a power of 34 W for 3 mins using a plasma surface cleaning system (Diener ATTO-QR-200-PCCE, Germany). p-ZIF-CC: The preparation of p-ZIF-CC is the same with our previous work. Zn(NO3)2• 6H2O and 2-methylimidazole methanol solution were made seperately. Immerse p-CC into the Zn(NO3)2 solution and transfer to the 2-MeIm solution to grow ZIF-8. The synthesis procedure for ZIF-CC is identical to p-ZIF-CC, except the carbon cloth was not treated by plasma. p-ZNCC: The p-ZIF-CC was placed in a tube furnace and sintered in N2 atmosphere at 500 °C for 2 h with a temperature increasing rate of 5 °C/min to get p-ZNCC. p-ZNCC-Li: The p-ZNCC was punched into a Φ15 mm disc. The lithium metal was melted at 400 °C on a hot plate in a glove box. The p-ZNCC was then put on the melted lithium, Li will automatically soak into to get the p-ZNCC-Li electrode with an areal capacity of 75.6 mAh cm -2 and a specific capacity of 2955 mAh g -1 .