The invention discloses a preparation method of a tin oxide-graphene composite carbon film. The method comprises the steps of feeding ethylene glycol into graphene oxide water dispersion solution, evenly dispersing in an ultrasonic way, feeding a tin source and PVP, dissolving by stirring, and carrying out microwave heating; after reaction, cooling to the room temperature, carrying out suction filtration, washing by distilled water, and carrying out vacuum drying; and carrying out heat treatment to obtain the composite carbon film. In the reaction system, ethylene glycol is taken as not only a solvent but also a reducing agent, and the reduction products, namely oxalic acid and PVP, have the function of stabilizing the sizes of nano particles; a microwave way is used for heating, so that the temperature of the system is increased rapidly, and tin oxide particles with small sizes can be easily prepared; before the reaction, tin source ions are evenly absorbed on the surface of graphene oxide, so that the tin oxide particles in the product can be evenly distributed, oxidation hydrolysis of the tin source and the reduction of graphene oxide can be realized synchronously, and the components can be controlled. The prepared material is stable in structure, and can be directly used as an electrode for assembling a lithium ion battery after being simply cut.