The invention provides a preparation method of a hard carbon negative
electrode material, which specifically comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing
aromatic hydrocarbon-rich heavy oil with a catalyst and a halogenated cross-linking agent, carrying out halogenated cross-linking-
polycondensation reaction in a high-temperature and high-pressure reaction kettle to preliminarily obtain halogenated cross-linked
asphalt, further pre-oxidizing to obtain thermosetting cross-linked
asphalt, and carrying out secondary pre-oxidation on the thermosetting cross-linked
asphalt to obtain the hard carbon negative
electrode material. And carrying out high-temperature
carbonization by taking the thermosetting crosslinked asphalt as a hard carbon precursor to obtain the hard carbon negative
electrode material. The catalyst is used for initiating a crosslinking reaction between the halogenated crosslinking agent and the
aromatic hydrocarbon-rich heavy oil, the molecular structure of the
aromatic hydrocarbon-rich heavy oil is effectively adjusted, a thermosetting precursor is further obtained through pre-oxidation, and the aromatic
hydrocarbon-rich heavy oil is inhibited from tending to be structurally ordered in the
carbonation process; and a hard carbon material with a disordered carbon
microcrystalline structure is formed in the subsequent
carbonization process. The prepared hard carbon is used as the negative electrode of the
sodium-
ion battery, the reversible specific capacity under the
current density of 0.1 C reaches 360 mAh / g or above, the specific capacity under the large
current density of 5 C reaches 200 mAh / g or above, and the hard carbon has stable cycle performance and good rate capability.