The invention relates to application by using carbon nanotube/urea formaldehyde resin carbon-coated spherical microcrystalline graphite as negative electrode material of a lithium ion battery. Spherical microcrystalline graphite material is adopted as the lithium ion negative-electrode material to prepare the lithium ion battery, wherein the weight ratio of the negative electrode material, SBR (50% of solid content), CMC to Super-p is 97.5: 1.5: 2: 1, then moderate deionized water is added to mix to be syrup-like liquid, copper foil is coated with the liquid and dried in a vacuum drying oven for 12 h to prepare a negative electrode plate, an electrolyte of the lithium ion battery adopts 1MLiPF6/EC+DEC+DMC=1: 1: 1, a separator is microporous polypropylene membrane, a counter electrode is alithium tablet, and the battery is assembled in a glove box with an airtight argon atmosphere. When the lithium ion battery is charged and discharged at the ratio of 0.1 C, a first charging and discharging cycle charging capacity is 390 mAh/g, and when the lithium ion battery is charged and discharged at the ratio of 5 C, after 500 times of cycles, the capacity retention ratio is 97.2%.