The invention relates to the field of
nickel-
cobalt-
manganese ternary precursor manufacturing, and in particular, relates to a high-
voltage nickel-
cobalt-
manganese ternary precursor and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps: mixing a
nickel-
cobalt-
manganese ternary
metal salt solution, a
carbonate solution, a complexing agent solution and a first base solution, carrying out a co-
precipitation reaction, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation after precipitate reaches a required particle size range to obtain a nickel-cobalt-manganese composite basic
carbonate seed crystal; and mixing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary
metal salt solution, a precipitant solution, the
ammonia water solution and a second base solution containing the nickel-cobalt-manganese composite basic
carbonate seed crystal, enabling the nickel-cobalt-manganese composite basic carbonate
seed crystal to continuously grow, and after the seed
crystal reaches the required particle size range, carrying out
solid-liquid separation,
drying, batch mixing, sieving and demagnetizing to obtain the ternary precursor, wherein the core of the ternary precursor is nickel-cobalt-manganese composite basic carbonate, and the shell of the ternary precursor is nickel-cobalt-manganese composite
hydroxide. A battery assembled by a ternary positive
electrode material prepared from the precursor shows high
discharge capacity, high first coulombic efficiency and excellent rate capability under 4.5 V high
cut-off
voltage.