The invention relates to a negative plate additive for a lead storage battery. The additive is activated carbon, carbon black, graphene, carbon nano tube, carbon fiber, carbon aerogel, template carbon, mesoporous carbon, carbide derived carbon, polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene, poly-alkylthiophene, poly-p-fluorophenyl thiophene or hydrogen evolution inhibition additive; after the negative plate additive is used, the lead storage battery has excellent pulse cycle life, and the charge acceptance of the lead storage battery is improved; the negative plate additive is used for lead storage batteries in the fields of electric vehicles, energy storage, electric tools, pulse emission, etc.