“…From the Raman scattering spectroscopy measurement, the sample also revealed its intrinsic vibration properties from only Si and C. As displayed in Figure 2 b, the sample showed the four predominant Raman bands at 514, 959, 1341, and 1590 cm −1 from Si and C. The former two bands at 514 and 959 cm −1 originate from the first and the second order transversal optical (TO) mode of crystalline Si [ 58 , 59 ], respectively; and the latter two vibration modes at 1341 and 1590 cm −1 come from D (sp 3 type) and G (sp 2 type) bands of graphitized C, respectively [ 60 , 61 ]. Here, it should be noticeable that the C nanoflakes exhibited the high intensity area ratio of I D /I G (i.e., Asp 3 /Asp 2 ≅ 0.99), indicative of the high graphitization (i.e., ultrathin C layers) and large amount of sp 2 carbon exists in the composite system [ 39 , 53 , 60 , 62 , 63 , 64 ]. The absence of extra lattice phases and their vibrations depict that the high purity C-Si nanocomposites were well-crystallized with their intrinsic carbonaceous and siliceous resources via the one-pot synthesis of magnesiothermic reduction using biomass BRH ashes.…”