This invention provides a road
petroleum asphalt-based hard-soft carbon
composite material, the raw materials of which include road
petroleum asphalt, light component
small molecule stabilizer, heavy component
small molecule oxidant, activator, and
solvent; and the ratio of road
petroleum asphalt:
solvent:light component
small molecule stabilizer:heavy component small molecule oxidant:activator is 1:15-25:0.05-0.2:0.05-0.2:2-5, calculated in g / mL / g / g / g. Furthermore, this invention also provides a method for preparing the aforementioned hard-soft carbon
composite material, which includes the following steps: crosslinking treatment of the light component, crosslinking treatment of the heavy component, activation, and
carbonization. This invention solves the problem in the prior art where the high price or low carbon yield of hard carbon precursors, high cost of oxidants, or complex overall formulations lead to high costs for the prepared asphalt-based
sodium-
ion battery
anode carbon materials. The hard-soft carbon
composite material of this invention not only has a lower cost but also combines the advantages of both hard and soft carbon, exhibiting
high sodium storage capacity, high reversible specific capacity, high initial charge-
discharge efficiency, and good cycle performance.