The invention belongs to the technical field of lithium ion batteries, and particularly relates to an electrode material with thermosensitive properties, and a preparation method thereof. The electrode material comprises a core formed by a lithium metal oxide, and a shell formed by a thiophene derivative, wherein the weight of the thiophene derivative accounts for 0.1-8% of the total weight of the electrode material, and the Curie temperature of the thiophene derivative is 90-130 DEG C. Compared with the prior art, the electrode material with the core-shell structure, which is formed in a manner that the lithium metal oxide is coated with the thiophene derivative, has the advantages that the thermosensitive properties are excellent, that is, each active particle has the positive temperature coefficient characteristic; and when the internal temperature of a battery adopting the electrode material rises up to the Curie temperature of the material, the resistance of the electrode material can be sharply increased, so that a conductive network among the electrode material particles is blocked, the electron transfer speed is greatly reduced, the battery can be effectively prevented from further temperature rises, and the battery safety is further improved.