The invention discloses a
silicon-carbon
cathode material for a
lithium ion battery and a manufacturing method thereof, aiming at solving the technical problem of improving the circulating performance of the
silicon-carbon
cathode material. The
silicon-carbon
cathode material comprises a silicon-carbon
composite material and
graphite powder, and comprises the components by
mass ratio as follows: 1-20% of nano-silicon
powder, 1-40% of carbon material presoma and the balance of
graphite powder. The preparing method of the invention comprises the following steps: mixing, thermal
processing, smashing, removing silicon powder with defects at the wrapping layer, mixing, thermal
processing and smashing the silicon powder, and mixing the silicon powder with the
graphite powder. Compared with the prior art, the material has higher specific capacity, and has a better circulating performance than that of a common
alloy cathode material; the specific capacity of the material is 400-1000mAh / g according to different technological parameters, and the capacity
retention ratio of the material is maintained to be above 95% with 50 times of circulation; and the preparing process is simple, and the material cost is low, so that the method is applicable to
mass production of high-capacity
lithium ion battery cathode materials.