Unlike pure SiC, the versatile stoichiometry of SiOC offers further avenues to tune physical properties through appropriate selection of processing parameters.
Recent advances in nanostructuring of the alloying-type anodes provide an effective way of mitigating the challenges of their volume expansion upon lithiation that severely hinder the cycling stability.
A facile synthesis of Sn nanoparticles embedded in a SiOC matrix via the pyrolysis of a preceramic polymer as a single‐source precursor has been reported.
This approach yields a homogeneous dispersion of Sn nanoparticles in a SiOC matrix with sizes on the order of 5–30 nm.
The complete miscibility of these precursors was achieved by the functionalization of poly(methylhydrosiloxane) with apolar divinyl benzene side-chains.