The invention relates to an in-situ growth SiC
nanowire enhanced C / SiC
composite material and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) preparing size, namely mixing and ball milling polycarbosilane, a catalyst and a
solvent to prepare the size, wherein the catalyst is iron,
nickel and / or
ferrocene; (2) performing vacuum
high pressure impregnation, namely immersing a C
fiber preform in the size, keeping in a
vacuum state for 0.1-1 hour, introducing high-pressure
inert gases to 1-10MPa, and maintaining the pressure for 1-4 hours; (3) cross-linking and curing, namely performing cross-linking and curing on the impregnated C
fiber preform in air for over 6 hours to prepare a preform; and (4) performing high-temperature
pyrolysis, namely raising the temperature of the preform to be 1000-1300 DEG C at a temperature
rise rate of 2-10 DEG C per minute in a protective
atmosphere, keeping the temperature for 1-4 hours, and growing SiC nanowires in situ under the action of a
metal catalyst in the polycarbosilane
pyrolysis process, so that the in-situ growth SiC
nanowire enhanced C / SiC
composite material is prepared.