The invention belongs to the technical field of electrochemical catalytic electrodes, and particularly relates to a hollow foam autocatalytic electrode and a preparation method thereof. The autocatalytic electrode is a hollow foam structure electrode constructed by a transition metal catalyst, and is obtained through coating a conductive transition metal catalyst with macromolecule foam, and thenremoving the macromolecule foam through high-temperature treatment. The catalyst is selected from an alloy or a compound consisting of a transition metal and one or more elements of boron, phosphorus,carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen; the transition metal is one or more of nickel, cobalt, iron, cerium, copper, manganese, vanadium, tungsten and molybdenum; the macromolecule foam is selected frommelamine resin foam, polyurethane foam, polystyrene foam and polyethylene foam. The autocatalytic electrode is low in cost, simple in structure, high in catalytic activity, good in cycling stabilityand excellent in mechanical strength, and has industrial practical value in the fields of water electrolysis, chlor-alkali chemical industry, sewage treatment, industrial catalysis, battery electrodesand the like.