Silicon is a prominent anode material for lithium-ion batteries. It gives the highest theoretical capacity 4200 mAh/g among all anode materials . However, the major problem that is associated with the silicon anode is that it undergoes massive volume change during the lithiation process resulting in stresses being developed in the material. This leads to de-lamination . Due to the volume expansion of silicon, the SEI layer also ruptures and further lithium is required to form a new SEI layer leading to the consumption of lithium to re-form the layer. This leads to low cycling performance , .