The invention relates to the field of chemical 
synthetic resin carbon microspheres, in particular to a phenolic resin carbon 
microsphere, its preparation method and application.  A method for preparing phenolic resin carbon microspheres, comprising the following steps: dissolving 
thermoplastic phenolic resin in an alkaline solution to obtain 
system I; adding 
phenol, 
aldehyde, and a catalyst into a reaction kettle, and heating and reacting to obtain 
system II;  Mix evenly with 
system II, adjust the pH of the system to 6.5-10.5, heat the reaction, and then separate and dry to obtain phenolic resin microspheres; carbonize the phenolic resin microspheres to obtain carbon microspheres.  The remarkable advantages of the present invention are: as a method for preparing the carbon microspheres, it has abundant raw materials, low preparation cost, simple process, high yield, no need to add surfactants, emulsifiers and other auxiliary agents in the preparation process, mild 
reaction conditions, suitable for  Large-scale industrial production and other advantages.  The prepared carbon microspheres have uniform particle size, controllable 
ball diameter and specific surface area, high 
compressive strength and excellent electrochemical performance.