The invention relates to a textured KCu7S4 thermoelectric material and a preparation method thereof, and the method comprises the steps: sequentially adding a prepared KOH
aqueous solution, CuCl2. 2H2O and Na2S. 9H2O into a high-pressure kettle, and fully stirring for dissolving; dropwise adding an N2H4.H2O
aqueous solution into the
mixed solution, fully stirring, sealing, transferring to a
microwave chemical synthesis instrument, heating, keeping stirring, and reacting at a target temperature and self-generated pressure to generate a KCu7S4
nanowire preferentially growing along a [001]
crystal orientation; and after the reaction is finished and natural cooling is carried out, a product is collected through
centrifugation, full cleaning and
vacuum drying are carried out, and then the KCu7S4 thermoelectric material with [001] preferred orientation in the direction perpendicular to the pressure direction is obtained through
spark plasma sintering. According to the method, a surfactant and an
organic solvent are not used, and
macro, rapid, efficient and controllable preparation of the KCu7S4
nanowire is realized through a low-temperature, low-cost and low-energy-consumption
microwave-assisted hydrothermal process.