The invention provides a preparation method of a 
graphene material and the application of the 
graphene material in preparation of a 
lithium ion battery. According to the preparation method, simple, convenient and easy-to-obtain 
graphite powder is used as a 
raw material, and the 
graphite powder is oxidized by adopting a 
plasma oxidation-chemical oxidation combined technology to prepare a 
graphene oxide precursor; then graphene 
oxide is prepared from the graphene 
oxide precursor through a 
plasma oxidation technology; and finally, the graphene material is prepared by adopting a 
plasma reduction technology. Compared with a single chemical 
oxidation process, the preparation method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that consumed time is shorter, large-scale production can be realized, functional groups can be added for modification in the preparation process, no explosion risk exists in the preparation process, and environmental 
pollution is very small; the edge of the prepared graphene is oxidized to generate carbonyl groups, hydroxyl groups and other hydrophilic groups, so the 
solubility of the graphene in an 
aqueous solution is increased; compared with the original 
graphite oxide material, the prepared graphene material has the advantages that interlayer spacing is obviously increased, and stripping effect is obvious; and when the graphene material is used for preparing a 
lithium ion battery negative 
electrode material, the specific capacity of the 
lithium ion battery negative 
electrode material in 
actual use is close to a theoretical value during initial chargingand discharging.