The invention discloses a preparation method of graphene oxide and a graphene oxide composite material and a use of the graphene oxide and the graphene oxide composite material in a sodium-ion battery. The graphene oxide and the graphene oxide composite material can be used as sodium-ion battery cathode materials. The graphene oxide composite material is prepared from the graphene oxide and metals or metal oxides by a compounding method, wherein the metals comprise Ag, Au, Cu, Fe, Sn, Si, Ni and Sb, the metal oxides comprise nickel oxide, copper oxide, tin oxide, antimony oxide, cobalt oxide, iron oxide and manganese oxide and a mass percentage of the graphene oxide is in a range of 10-80%. The graphene oxide and the graphene oxide composite material prepared by a plurality of effective processes can be used as sodium-ion battery cathode materials, have the advantages of high specific capacity and good cycling stability, have a low manufacturing cost and are suitable for sodium-ion battery large-scale exploitation and application.