Highly Reversible Lithium Storage in Spheroidal Carbon‐Coated Silicon Nanocomposites as Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

High-performance cycling: Spray pyrolysis has been used to generate a new type of spheroidal nanosized carbon-coated silicon composite (see TEM image). This nanocomposite shows superior electrochemical cycling properties as an anode material for use in lithium-ion batteries, delivering a reversible capacity of 1489 mA h g−1 after 20 cycles. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2006/z601676_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.