Multinuclear solid-state NMR spectroscopy is a well-suitedtechnique for structural analysisof amorphous carbon-based anode materials generated from pyrolysis ofpoly(methacrylonitrile/divinylbenzene) copolymers. Results are presented for theuntreated polymericprecursor, the oxidatively stabilized material, and amorphous carbonsprepared by high-temperature pyrolysis. In addition, structural effects of silicondopants and lithiumintercalants are studied. The structural changes occurring duringthe processes of oxidativestabilization and carbonization up to 700
C are effectivelymonitored by
13C and
15N cross-polarization/magic angle spinning methods. The peak assignments areassisted by shortcontact time and dipolar dephasing experiments. For carbonsprepared at higher pyrolysistemperatures this technique is limited by the low structural protoncontent. For suchmaterials, the
1H chemical shifts of sorbed water moleculesare found to be linearly correlatedwith the pyrolysis temperature. This effect is attributed tosurface ordering phenomena.
29Si CPMAS spectra of carbons prepared withtetravinylsilane comonomers indicate thatthe silicon component is oxidized during the stabilization process.
7Li MAS NMR is wellsuited to differentiate between electrochemically relevant intercalatedspecies and otherspecies that are unable to participate in the intercalation due toparasitic processes. Forthe intercalated species, a linear correlation of the
7Li chemical shift with the chargingstateof the carbon is observed.