The invention discloses a nano-
copper coated porous
nano silicon composite material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The method comprises the following steps: (1) performing activating pretreatment on a porous
nano silicon powder material prepared from an
acid etching silicon allay; and (2) dispersing the porous
nano silicon powder material after being subjected to activating pretreatment in an electroless
copper plating solution, performing electroless
copper plating, filtering, washing and
drying so as to obtain the nano-copper coated porous nano
silicon composite material. As being used as a negative material of a
lithium ion battery, the nano-copper coated porous nano
silicon composite material provided by the invention has very high
specific discharge capacity, charge-
discharge cycling stability and excellent charge-
discharge power characteristic; the
specific discharge capacity of the material used as a negative material is far higher than that of a
graphite negative material in an existing
lithium ion battery; as the cost of preparation of porous nano silicon
powder and the cost of electroless
copper plating are low, the preparation method of the material is simple and easy to operate, the low-cost continuous and large-scale production is realized, and the method is suitable for being used in the production of a new-generation high-performance
lithium ion battery silicon negative material.