The invention discloses a 
nitrogen-doped 
porous carbon sphere and cobaltous 
oxide nano-composite 
anode material based on 
chitosan and derivatives thereof and a preparation method thereof and belongs to the fields of 
electrochemistry and 
new energy resource materials. According to the 
nitrogen-doped 
porous carbon sphere and cobaltous 
oxide nano-composite 
anode material based on the 
chitosan and the derivatives thereof and the preparation method thereof, firstly the 
chitosan and the derivatives thereof are taken as 
carbon source and 
nitrogen source precursors, a hard template 
carbonization method is adopted to prepare nitrogen-doped 
porous carbon spheres; then a mild hydrothermal method is adopted to load cobaltous 
oxide nano particles to the nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres, and then the nitrogen-doped porous carbon sphere and cobaltous oxide nano-
composite material is obtained. The material synthesizes the structural features of the nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres and the small-size effect advantages of the cobaltous oxide nano particles, and due to the expression of the synergistic effect of the nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres and the cobaltous oxide nano particles, the 
prepared material shows higher reversible specific capacity, better 
cycling stability and more excellent large rate 
discharge performance than a commercial 
graphite material when used as a 
lithium ion battery 
anode material. The method is strong in 
operability, preparation conditions are mild, the requirement for equipment is not rigorous, and the preparation method is suitable for industrial production; the nitrogen-doped porous carbon sphere and cobaltous oxide nano-
composite material prepared by the method has potential application value in 
electrochemistry fields including 
lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors and the like.