The present application provides a
nickel-iron-
manganese cathode material precursor and its preparation method,
cathode material and
sodium ion battery, which relate to the field of
new energy technology. The precursor is a core-shell structure, including a core and a shell coated outside the core, and the core and the shell are both basic carbonates containing
nickel, iron and
manganese. By regulating the pH value in the co-
precipitation method to control the different ratios of
hydroxide and
carbonate in the core and the shell, precursors with different morphologies of the core and the shell and different ratios of
hydroxide and
carbonate are obtained. The core is loose and has a small proportion, and its
hydroxide content is high. The shrinkage ratio during
sintering is relatively small, which avoids the internal hollowness from collapsing and
cracking, and improves the cycle performance; the shell is dense and has a large proportion, and its
carbonate content is high. The shrinkage ratio during
sintering is relatively large. While retaining the
energy density, reserving a certain amount of evenly distributed pores can reduce Na + Volume strain during the intercalation and deintercalation process, crack prevention, and balanced capacity performance and cycle performance.