The invention discloses a grain size controllable negative
electrode and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of secondary battery materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: weighing raw materials according to a
molar ratio of a
lithium source to SiOx of 0.1-0.7, adding 5-10wt% of a
carbon source (
naphthalene), and uniformly mixing; and heating the mixed material to 600-800 DEG C at the speed of 1-10 DEG C / min in an
inert gas
atmosphere, and keeping the temperature for 2-10 hours to obtain the negative
electrode material. Through in-situ
carbon coating, the growth of
silicon and
lithium metasilicate grains is inhibited by using the high-temperature heat absorption characteristic of
naphthalene, and meanwhile, the
conductivity can be improved by an
amorphous carbon layer formed by
naphthalene carbonization; in the prepared negative
electrode material, the grain size of
silicon is 8-13nm, the grain size of
lithium metasilicate is 9-20nm, the proportion of
lithium metasilicate in the total lithium
silicate is greater than or equal to 94%, and the capacity
retention rate can reach 77.1-90.4% after 100 cycles at 0.5 C multiplying power. The preparation method is simple in process and suitable for industrialization, and the cycle performance and the first coulombic efficiency of the
silicon-
oxygen negative electrode can be remarkably improved.