The invention provides a 
cathode catalyst active material for a 
hydrogen fuel 
cell, a one-dimensional PtNiGaRe 
quaternary alloy nanowire formed by Pt, Ni, Ga and Re 
metal elements; and a one-dimensional PtNiGaRe 
quaternary alloy nanowire loaded on carbon  A 
cathode catalyst for a 
hydrogen fuel 
cell can be obtained.  Also provided is a preparation method of a 
quaternary alloy nanowire, which comprises dispersing Pt-containing salt, Ni-containing salt, Ga-containing salt, 
perrhenate and quaternary 
ammonium salt containing hexadecyltrimethyl molecular chain  In 
oleylamine, ultrasonication forms a homogeneous 
system, and then adds W(CO)  6 Adding it into the above 
system at a certain temperature, reacting for a certain period of time, and then centrifuging and cleaning to obtain one-dimensional ultrafine PtNiGaRe nanowires.  The quaternary one-dimensional alloy nanowire material of the present invention is a brand-new 
quaternary alloy catalytic 
system, which not only increases the 
utilization rate of 
platinum atoms on the surface, but also improves the activity and stability of the catalyst.  The invention adopts the wet chemical method for the first time to synthesize the alloy nanowires of four metals in one step, not only the operation is simple, but also the 
reaction conditions are relatively mild, and the use of Pt can be greatly reduced.