The ever-increasing electric vehicles and portable electronics make lithium-ion barreries (LIBs) toward high energy density, resulting in long driving range and standby times. Generally, excellent electrochemical performance can be obtained in thin electrode materials with low mass loadings (<1 mg cm(-2)), but it is difficult to be achieved in commercial electrodes with high mass loadings (>10 mg cm(-2)). In this work, we report a facile method for fabricating nitrogen doped carbon microtubes (N-CMTs) consisted of crumped carbon nanosheets for high-performance LIBs with ultrahigh mass loading, where nontubular biomass waste (i.e., peanut dregs) is employed as the precursor. Benefiting from the hollow tubular conductive network, high graphitization, and hierarchical structure, the as-synthesized N-CMTs exhibit ultrahigh area capacity of 6.27 mAh cm(-2) at a current density of 1.5 mA cm(-2) with a high mass loading of 15 mg cm(-2) and superior cycling stability for LIBs. Our approach provides an effective strategy for the preparation of nitrogen-doped carbon microtubes to develope high energy LIBs with high mass loading electrodes. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.