The invention relates to a porous CoV2O6 nanosheet electrode material and a preparation method thereof, the nanometer has a uniform morphology, the dimension is 4-10 mu m, the surface has an obvious porous structure, the aperture is 10-50 nm, and the nanometer is prepared by the following steps: 1) adding acetylene black into water, stirring the water, adding cobaltous acetate and stirring together, so that the acetylene black can be completely immersed into the water; 2) adding ammonium metavanadate into deionized water, dissolving with water-bath, adding the obtained solution drop by drop into the solution obtained in the step 1), stirring at normal temperature, and obtaining a precursor; 3) drying the obtained precursor in a water-bath condition, grinding and calcining with air, and obtaining the nanosheet. When the nanometer provided by the invention is used as a lithium ion battery cathode active material, high capacity and good cycle stability are shown; the invention has the advantages of simple technology, good feasibility, easy amplification and green chemistry.