The invention relates to the technical field of
sodium metal negative electrodes, in particular to a
sodium metal negative
electrode self-supporting material and a preparation method and application thereof. According to the preparation method of the
sodium metal negative
electrode self-supporting material, commercial carbon cloth is subjected to ultrasonic cleaning and
drying and then is treated in a
plasma treatment
machine under
atmospheric pressure, and the sodium metal negative
electrode self-supporting material is obtained. According to the invention, the carbon cloth is treated through
atmospheric pressure plasmas for the first time, high
electronegativity elements such as N and O are introduced to the carbon cloth to improve the sodium affinity of the carbon cloth, and the carbon cloth is used as a self-supporting material of a sodium metal negative electrode. The carbon cloth subjected to
plasma treatment shows lower
nucleation overpotential for sodium metal, and a symmetrical battery assembled by a sodium metal negative electrode shows better electrochemical performance, has smaller
voltage distribution and is more stable in operation. The total battery assembled by matching the sodium metal negative electrode with the sodium
vanadium phosphate positive electrode has higher initial capacity, smaller polarization and better capacity stability.