The organosilicon reagent 1,4-bis-(trimethylsilyl)-1,4-diaza-2,5-cyclohexadiene 2 plays the binary role of the simultaneous reduction of GeCl .dioxane 1 dissolved in oleylamine to Ge nanocrystals and the formation of graphitic sheets under hot-injection conditions. This colloidal synthetic route to germanium nanocrystals embedded on N-doped graphitic nanosheets Ge/NG is free of any template or catalyst and involves easy purification techniques. The Ge/NG/C obtained after carbonization has been explored for anode performance in lithium-ion batteries. Both Ge/NG and Ge/NG/C can be obtained on a gram scale and are bottleable under argon for months.
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