A synthetic technology of graphite oxide comprises the following steps: placing graphite powder, concentrated sulfuric acid, a persulfate and an oxide in a reaction container according to a ratio of the graphite powder to the concentrated sulfuric acid to the persulfate to the oxide of 5-30g:50-300ml:5-30g:3-30g, stir-mixing, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 3-25min, stirring in a 20-200DEG C water or oil bath for 2-24h, allowing to stand for 1-16h, filtering, drying, adding the concentrated sulfuric acid having an amount 2-7 times higher than the previous amount of the concentrated sulfuric acid, carrying out the ultrasonic treatment for 3-150min, slowly adding potassium permanganate having an amount 1-7 times higher than the addition amount of the graphite powder, continuously stirring for 2-24h, adding deionized water having an amount equal to the secondary addition amount of the concentrated sulfuric acid under an ice bath cooling condition, stirring for 5-h, adding hydrogen peroxide while stirring until no bubbles appear to obtain a graphite oxide solution, filtering the graphite oxide solution, and drying to obtain the graphite oxide. The synthetic technology has the advantages of no pollution, high raw material utilization rate, simple preparation process, high oxide insertion degree, and easy operation.