The present invention provides a modified ternary positive
electrode material and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) preparing
manganese sulfate into a
manganese sulfate solution, spraying the
manganese sulfate solution by a spraying method to obtain a ternary positive
electrode material surface; (2) mixing the material with a
solvent to obtain a suspension, dripping the suspension, a manganese source solution, an
iron source solution and a complexing agent solution into the
solvent at the same time for reaction, adjusting the pH value, and obtaining a precursor; (3) mixing the precursor, a
lithium source and a
phosphorus source, adding a
carbon source,
grinding and
sintering, and obtaining the modified ternary positive
electrode material; wherein, in the
coating layer of the precursor material obtained in step (2), the content of manganese element decreases from the interface to the outside along the core, and the content of iron element increases from zero along the interface to the outside along the core. The present invention overcomes the safety problem of high-
nickel ternary materials on the one hand, and avoids the reaction between
lithium manganese
iron phosphate and the ternary material when the
carbon coating layer is formed on the other hand.