The invention discloses a carbon-coated nano
lithium titanate composite material and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1, preparing nano
lithium titanate, namely, respectively preparing micro emulsions of a
lithium source and a
titanium source, mixing the two types of micro
emulsion, standing, centrifuging, alternatively washing with an
organic solvent and water,
drying, and performing high-temperature calcinations; 2, performing
carbon coating on nano
lithium titanate, namely, preparing a solution from an organic
carbon source, adding
lithium titanate granules prepared in the step 1 into the solution, performing
ultrasonic dispersion, performing
hydrothermal reaction, cooling after the reaction, alternatively washing with the
organic solvent and water, filtering, and
drying, thereby obtaining the carbon-coated nano
lithium titanate composite material. Refining of lithium
titanate can be achieved through a micro
emulsion method, the solution can be prepared from the
carbon source, and
carbon coating of the nano lithium titanate can be achieved through
hydrothermal reaction, so that a conductive carbon network which is uniform and dense in combination can be formed on the surface of lithium titanate, the
conductivity and the large-power charge /
discharge property of an
electrode material are remarkably improved, and the carbon-coated nano lithium titanate
composite material can be used for preparing lithium
ion electric containers and lithium
ion batteries.