The invention discloses a SiC-TaC 
coating / matrix collaborative modified C / C 
composite material and its preparation method. The 
composite material provided by the invention comprises two parts. The portion below the surface of the C / C 
composite material is the matrix modified portion with the thickness being 0.1-10mm. In addition, 
carbide in the C / C composite material emerges in gradient distribution. The portion which is deposited on the surface of a carbon material is a 
coating portion with the thickness being 10-300 microns. The preparation method of the composite material comprises the following steps of: 
cutting a C / C 
green body at the density of 0.80g / cm<3>-1.60g / cm<3> into an annular shape or a plate shape, followed by ultrasonic cleaning and 
drying, placing into a multifunctional CVD furnace, depositing 
carbide on the 
surface layer and surface of the C / C 
green body by controlling deposition parameters, further densifying the 
green body by the use of 
pyrolytic carbon so as to obtain the high-density 
coating / matrix collaborative modified C / C composite material. The main advantages of the invention are as follows: by the penetration of 
carbide through the 
surface layer of the C / C composite material, the 
thermal expansion coefficient of the matrix is raised, the 
interfacial bonding state is improved, a 
continuous transition of carbide is formed between the coating and the matrix, and the metallurgical bonding is accomplished between the coating and the matrix.