This work aimed at studying the possibility of preparing Wood alloy structures by cathodic codeposition of Bi, Pb, Sn and Cd from aqueous solutions. The metal ions were dissolved in a fluoborate medium, The reduction mechanisms of the single ions, studied using a rotating disc copper electrode or by linear sweep voltammetry, were simple with a single fast electron transfer step, except for the case of Bi, where the reaction was found to be irreversible. By potentiostatic codeposition of the four metals at a copper rotating disc electrode, metallic powders, having a composition close to that of the Wood alloy, with Bi, Sn, Cd and Pb7Bi3 phases, were prepared. These powders had homogeneous grains with micrometric sizes, and a specific surface of 1.5m(2) g(-1). Their performances as lithium host structures in negative electrodes will be assessed.