The invention discloses a preparation method of a self-assembled flaky VS2/S nanosheet, which comprises the following steps: step 1, weighing a vanadium source, adding the vanadium source into absolute ethyl alcohol, and stirring by using a magnetic stirrer at room temperature to obtain a solution A with the vanadium source concentration of 0.13-0.2 mol/L; step 2, weighing 0.07-1 g of hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide as a surfactant and an intercalator, slowly adding the hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide into the solution A, and stirring by using a magnetic stirrer at room temperature to obtain a solution B; step 3, weighing a sulfur source, adding the sulfur source into the solution B, and stirring by using a magnetic stirrer at room temperature to obtain a solution C with the sulfur source concentration of 0.59-1.04 mol/L; step 4, transferring the solution C into a polytetrafluoroethylene lining, putting the polytetrafluoroethylene lining into a drying oven, and carrying out solvothermal reaction at the reaction temperature of 160-200 DEG C for 4-24 hours; step 5, collecting a solvothermal reaction product in a suction filtration manner, washing, and freeze-drying for 12 hours to obtain a vanadium disulfide sulfur composite material. The preparation method adopts a one-step solvothermal method, and is simple in process, low in energy consumption and high in yield.