“…The detailed analysis of the corresponding peaks of the SiO x @C@CoO composites is shown in Figure c–f. The C 1s spectrum could be divided into three peaks at 284.8, 286, and 288.6 eV, assigned to the C–C, C–O, and CO bond, respectively, indicating that the carbon source was encapsulated well on the SiO x particles after the pyrolysis process (Figure c). , The O 1s spectrum could be decomposed into the Co–O bond, Si–O bond, C–O bond, and CO bond (Figure d), and the metal Co–O bond further revealed that the metal oxide CoO was fabricated successfully. The Si 2p spectrum could be deconvoluted into Si 1+ , Si 2+ , Si 3+ , and Si 4+ in SiO x (Figure e). , As it is seen from the Co 2p high-resolution XPS spectra (Figure f), the two peaks at 780.2 and 796.2 eV were associated with Co 2p 3/2 and Co 2p 1/2 and the two peaks at 786.6 and 802.2 eV belonged to the satellite peaks of Co 2p 3/2 and Co 2p 1/2 , respectively.…”