Magnesium thermal reduction of phytolith for high-performance three-dimensional hierarchical C/Si@Si nanoparticle@reduced graphene oxide composite anodes

This study employs innovative magnesium thermal reduction and electrostatic assembly methods to fabricate high-performance C/Si@SiNPs@rGO anodes from phytolith, achieving a specific capacity of up to 3064.9 mA h g −1 and excellent cycling stability.