“…The high-resolution C 1s spectrum of Si/MXene@C further confirms the interfacial chemical bonding between Si and the carbon layer due to the appearance of the Si–C bond at 284.1 eV. Moreover, the Si/MXene@C shows characteristic peaks at 281.5, 284.8, 286.3, and 288.7 eV, which could be ascribed to the Ti–C, C–C, C–O, and O–CO bonds, respectively (Figure e). , Compared with Si/MXene (Figure S8), Si/MXene@C shows a weaker Ti–C bond due to the carbon coating structure. , The high-resolution Ti 2p spectrum of Si/MXene@C depicts three couples of Ti 2p 1/2 –Ti 2p 3/2 peaks at 454.7/459.3, 455.7/460.6, and 457.2/461.9 eV (Figure f), which could be assigned to the Ti–C, Ti 2+ , and Ti–O bonds, respectively . The detected Ti–C bonds confirmed the presence of MXene in Si/MXene@C.…”