The invention relates to a
silicon-carbon
cathode material with artificial SEI
layers, high specific volumetric capacity and cycle performance and application of the
silicon-carbon
cathode material. The
silicon-carbon
cathode material is of an intermediate-phase
graphite structure which is secondarily granulated, outer shell
layers of the intermediate-phase
graphite structure are
amorphous carbon coating layers, inner shell layers of the intermediate-phase
graphite structure are dense LiF membranes, and nanometer silicon is uniformly dispersed to form cores of the intermediate-phase graphite structure. A method for preparing the silicon-carbon
cathode material includes steps of 1, crushing and shaping intermediate-phase graphite balls with
large particle diameters to obtain intermediate-phase graphite micro-
powder with median particle diameters of approximately 7 micrometers; 2, carrying out ball-milling dispersion on the nanometer silicon and the micro-
powder obtained at the step 1; 3, uniformly mixing
lithium acetate solution and materials obtained at the step 2 with one another; 4, carrying out dropwise
addition reaction on NH4F solution and materials obtained at the step 3; 5, carrying out spray-
drying on materials obtained at the step 4; 6, mixing PVDF (
polyvinylidene fluoride) and materials obtained at the step 5 with one another to obtain mixtures and granulating and
coating the mixtures; 7, immobilizing and carbonizing materials obtained at the step 6; 8, sieving materials obtained at the step 7. The silicon-carbon
cathode material and the application have the advantages that the silicon-carbon
composite cathode material is stable in cycle performance, high in specific volumetric capacity and easy to industrially produce; a
lithium ion battery with a cathode which is processed from the silicon-carbon
cathode material is high in specific volumetric capacity and excellent in cycle performance.