The invention discloses a
silicon-carbon
composite electrode and a preparation method thereof. The
silicon-carbon
composite electrode is of a shell-core structure, wherein a core contains
silicon powder, a hollow carbon sphere and an inorganic
lithium salt compound, the hollow carbon sphere is doped into the silicon
powder, and the inorganic
lithium salt compound is electrically deposited between the silicon
powder and the hollow carbon sphere; and a shell is a high-molecular
polymer. According to the silicon-carbon
composite electrode prepared by virtue of the preparation method, by utilizing
lithium salt deposited on the surface of silicon, the lithium
ion transmission rate during charging and discharging is increased, sufficient lithium ions are provided for the formation of an SEI membrane, the initial efficiency can be obviously improved, the
expansion rate of a silicon material can be decreased, and the cycle performance of the silicon material can be improved; and meanwhile, the silicon-carbon composite
electrode has the characteristics of high stability and strong stability at 100-150 DEG C, the contact between the lithium salt material and air can be avoided, and the processability and the safety performance of the lithium salt material can be improved; and furthermore, the
polymer has relatively good dissolving property with an
electrolyte solvent, so that the
polymer can serve as lithium salt, and the initial efficiency, safety performance and
energy density of a
cathode material are improved.