The invention discloses an electrochemical reduction method of liquid
indigo with controllable alkali concentration. According to the method, a plate and frame type
electrolytic cell is adopted, a mixed alkaline
aqueous solution of
indigo and a chemical
reducing agent is used as a catholyte, an acidic
aqueous solution is used as an anolyte, a three-dimensional
porous carbon-based conductive material is used as a
cathode, and a
noble metal electrode is used as an
anode; a
direct current or
pulse current sequentially passes through an anolyte, a diaphragm and a catholyte from an
anode to a
cathode for an electrochemical reduction reaction, and
indigo in the catholyte is electrochemically reduced into indigo, so that the concentration of alkali in the catholyte is controllable by using a
sulfuric acid solution in the anolyte, and the ratio of the concentration of alkali in the
electrolyte to the concentration of indigo is less than 3.4; in addition, under the condition that the alkali concentration is controllable, it can be guaranteed that the current efficiency of indigo electroreduction reaches 58.7%, and the indigo conversion rate reaches 93.1%.