The invention relates to battery grade iron and
manganese phosphate and a preparation method thereof. The
chemical composition of the battery grade iron and
manganese phosphate is MnxFe(1-x)PO4, wherein x is greater than or equal to 0.1 and smaller than or equal to 0.9; the preparation method comprises the steps of adopting a hydrothermal oxidation-
coprecipitation technology, putting a soluble
phosphorus source,
iron source and
manganese source solution into a reaction kettle according to the
chemical composition MnxFe(1-x)PO4 of the iron and
manganese phosphate, adding a surfactant and
nitric acid, controlling the
system pH value to be within 1 to 4, stirring for 2 to 48 h at 100 to 250 DEG C, so as to perform
hydrothermal reaction, obtaining turbid liquid containing MnxFe(1-x)PO4.yH2O precipitate, naturally cooling the turbid liquid to
room temperature, filtering, washing and
drying, obtaining MnxFe(1-x)PO4.yH2O, performing high-temperature
roasting at 250 to 700 DEG C, and then obtaining the battery grade iron and
manganese phosphate not containing
crystal water. The method is simple and practicable, and is easy to realize scale production, the prepared iron and
manganese phosphate has the advantages that size distribution is uniform, the purity is high, and iron and manganese elements realize atomic-scale uniform distribution, and the battery grade iron and manganese
phosphate a belongs to the optimal precursor for preparing
lithium ferric manganese phosphate battery materials.