The invention relates to a
sol-
gel preparation method of a
lithium vanadate negative
electrode material of a
lithium ion battery. The
sol-
gel preparation method comprises the following steps: sequentially adding a precursor containing a
vanadium compound and a precursor containing a
lithium compound into water, and stirring fully; then adding a
water soluble carbon material which is acted as a chelate and a
carbon source, stirring the water solution until dry gel is formed, carrying out
vacuum drying until the
water content is dried completely, putting a gel body into a porcelain boat, pretreating in the
reducing atmosphere or the
inert atmosphere, and carrying out
sintering reaction in the
inert atmosphere or the
reducing atmosphere so as to obtain the material. According to the method, the technology is simple, the operation is easy, and moreover, the structure of lithium
vanadate and the valence state of
vanadium cannot be changed by the existence of the carbon material and the
reducing atmosphere. The carbon-coated lithium
vanadate material synthesized by the method, which acts as the negative
electrode material of the
lithium ion battery, has excellent performance and low
lithium intercalation potential, and is expected to be as the negative
electrode material of the next generation of lithium
ion batteries. The synthesis method is suitable for producing the negative
electrode material of the high-performance
lithium ion battery, namely lithium vanadate.