“…[14,44] Though the dendrite formation had been prevented through the use of a LiAl anode, later, it was found that the cycling stability became very poor due to extreme volume changes during lithiation/delithiation. In recent years, various alloys of lithium, Li x M y (M = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, and Bi), [44][45][46][47][48][49] have been extensively studied as next generation anode materials, and especially, siliconbased materials have gained particular attention owing to the very high theoretical capacity of Li 21 Si 5 (≈4008 mAh g −1 ) and operating potentials below ≈500 mV. But similar to other lithium alloys, for silicon-based anode materials, the capacity retention over multiple cycles has been found to be poor due to volume expansions up to ≈400% with lithiation.…”