The invention belongs to the technical field of
lithium ion battery
anode materials, and discloses a surface-modified
lithium-rich layered
transition metal oxide as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The surface-modified
lithium-rich layered
transition metal oxide is prepared by the following steps that: a
transition metal compound precursor, a lithium source and
molten salt aremixed, and an obtained mixture is heated to 780-980 DEG C, is cooled to
room temperature, cleaning, filtering and
drying are performed, so that a lithium-rich layered transition
metal oxide can be obtained; and the lithium-rich layered transition
metal oxide is uniformly mixed with a carbon-
nitrogen source, the mixture is placed in a protective
atmosphere so as to be subjected to a
hydrothermal reaction at 130-230 DEG C, an obtained product naturally cools,
water washing, suction
filtration, and
drying are performed, so that the surface-modified lithium-rich layered transition
metal oxide canbe obtained. The structure of the surface-modified lithium-rich layered transition metal oxide sequentially comprises the lithium-rich layered transition metal oxide, an
oxygen vacancy-rich lithium-rich layered transition metal oxide-
spinel structure oxide symbiotic layer and a
nitrogen-
doped carbon nano layer. The surface-modified lithium-rich layered transition metal oxide shows relatively highspecific
discharge capacity and
cycling stability as an
anode material.