The invention discloses a ternary positive 
electrode material of a 
lithium ion battery and a preparation method of the ternary positive 
electrode material. The ternary positive 
electrode material comprises a ternary material and a 
coating layer coated on the surface of the ternary material, wherein the 
coating layer comprises a Li < 2 + x > C < 1-x > Bx O3 
coating agent, and x is greater than 0 and less than 1. The preparation method comprises the steps of (1) mixing a ternary positive 
electrode material precursor with a 
lithium source and a 
doping agent, and carrying out primary 
calcination to obtain primary calcined sample 
powder; (2) dispersing the primary calcined sample 
powder into an alkaline solution, stirring to fully wet the primary calcined sample 
powder, performing suction 
filtration, 
drying in a vacuum environment, and performing secondary 
calcination to obtain secondary calcined sample powder; and (3) uniformly mixing the secondary calcined sample powder with a coating material comprising a Li < 2 + x > C < 1-x > Bx O3 coating agent, and performing 
tertiary calcination. By improving the coating agent and the preparation method, the surface of the ternary positive 
electrode material is coated with a layer of material with relatively high 
lithium ion conductivity, so that the capacity performance and the cycle performance of the battery are effectively improved.