A method for producing a volume change compensated silicon-silicon oxide-lithium composite (SSLC) material, the method comprising: producing an initially prelithiated SSLC material; delithiating the initially prelithiated material to produce a delithiated SSLC material; and performing at least one iteration of a volume change compensation process comprising: (a) re-prelithiating the delithiated SSLC material to produce a re-prelithiated SSLC material, and (b) delithiating the re-prelithiated SSLC material produced in (a), wherein at least one of the following is satisfied: (i) prior to performing the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process the initially prelithiated SSLC material is completely lithiated, and (ii) the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process produces a re-prelithiated SSLC material that is completely prelithiated, wherein in a final iteration of the volume change compensation process, delithiating the re-prelithiated SSLC material produced in (a) comprises completely delithiating the re-prelithiated SSLC material to produce the volume change compensated SSLC material, and wherein the volume change compensated SSLC material is produced ex situ with respect to fabrication of an anode that contains the produced volume change compensated SSLC material. producing an initially prelithiated SSLC material; delithiating the initially prelithiated material to produce a delithiated SSLC material; and performing at least one iteration of a volume change compensation process comprising: (a) re-prelithiating the delithiated SSLC material to produce a re-prelithiated SSLC material, and (b) delithiating the re-prelithiated SSLC material produced in (a), wherein at least one of the following is satisfied: (i) prior to performing the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process the initially prelithiated SSLC material is completely lithiated, and (ii) the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process produces a re-prelithiated SSLC material that is completely prelithiated, wherein in a final iteration of the volume change compensation process, delithiating the re-prelithiated SSLC material produced in (a) comprises completely delithiating the re-prelithiated SSLC material to produce the volume change compensated SSLC material, and wherein the volume change compensated SSLC material is produced ex situ with respect to fabrication of an anode that contains the produced volume change compensated SSLC material. (a) re-prelithiating the delithiated SSLC material to produce a re-prelithiated SSLC material, and (b) delithiating the re-prelithiated SSLC material produced in (a), wherein at least one of the following is satisfied: (i) prior to performing the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process the initially prelithiated SSLC material is completely lithiated, and (ii) the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process produces a re-prelithiated SSLC material that is completely prelithiated, (i) prior to performing the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process the initially prelithiated SSLC material is completely lithiated, and (ii) the at least one iteration of the volume change compensation process produces a re-prelithiated SSLC material that is completely prelithiated,