Table 1.

Electrochemical performance and material structure of our earlier-prepared silicon–carbon composite anode materials for lithium batteries.

Material Structure	First Discharge Capacity	Initial Columbic Efficiency	Reference
Graphite-loaded carbon-coated nanosilicon and carbon-coated graphite	460 mAh/g	89.8%	[31]
Si/G composites (graphite mixed with silicon nanoparticles)	703.8 mAh/g	84.95%	[32]
(Si/G)@C composites (graphite mixed with silicon nanoparticles and coated with sucrose-cracked carbon)	644.3 mAh/g	88.93%	[32]
(Si/graphite/graphene)@C	860.4 mAh/g	90.9%	This work
(Si/graphite)@C	915.9 mAh/g	87.5%	This work