The invention relates to a 
sol-
gel preparation method of a 
lithium vanadate negative 
electrode material of a 
lithium ion battery. The 
sol-
gel preparation method comprises the following steps: sequentially adding a precursor containing a 
vanadium compound and a precursor containing a 
lithium compound into water, and stirring fully; then adding a 
water soluble carbon material which is acted as a chelate and a 
carbon source, stirring the water solution until dry gel is formed, carrying out 
vacuum drying until the 
water content is dried completely, putting a gel body into a porcelain boat, pretreating in the 
reducing atmosphere or the 
inert atmosphere, and carrying out 
sintering reaction in the 
inert atmosphere or the 
reducing atmosphere so as to obtain the material. According to the method, the technology is simple, the operation is easy, and moreover, the structure of lithium 
vanadate and the valence state of 
vanadium cannot be changed by the existence of the carbon material and the 
reducing atmosphere. The carbon-coated lithium 
vanadate material synthesized by the method, which acts as the negative 
electrode material of the 
lithium ion battery, has excellent performance and low 
lithium intercalation potential, and is expected to be as the negative 
electrode material of the next generation of lithium 
ion batteries. The synthesis method is suitable for producing the negative 
electrode material of the high-performance 
lithium ion battery, namely lithium vanadate.