The invention belongs to the technical field of electrocatalytic 
hydrogen evolution, and relates to a preparation method and application of a 
molybdenum disulfide / reduced 
graphene oxide-
nitrogen carbide (MoS2 / rGO-CN) 
composite material. The preparation method comprises the steps of: firstly adding 
graphite oxide into deionized water, adding 
melamine into the obtained mixture, then performing 
ultrasound dissolution so as to form a 
colloidal solution, adopting a hydrothermal method to prepare 
aerogel of reduced 
graphene oxide-
nitrogen carbide, and then performing a 
solvothermal reaction to obtain the target product by adopting 
ammonium tetrathiomolybdate as a 
molybdenum source and a 
sulfur source and N,N-
dimethylformamide as a 
solvent. The preparation method of the 
aerogel of the reduced 
graphene oxide-
nitrogen carbide is simple and high in yield, and since the MoS2 / rGO-CN is prepared by using the one-step solvothermal method, the preparation method has low cost and high 
repeatability and facilitates large-scale synthesis; by means of the prepared MoS2 / rGO-CN 
composite material, the accumulation of the 
molybdenum disulfide is reduced, and the quantity of active sites is increased; the 
conductivity and the active area of the MoS2 can be improved through the combination of the MoS2 with the rGO-CN, and when the prepared MoS2 / rGO-CN 
composite material is applied to an electrocatalytic 
hydrogen evolution reaction, excellent catalytic performance can be exhibited, and when the 
current density is 10 mA.cm<-2>, the 
overpotential is 203 mV, and the Tafel slope is 48 mV.dec<-1>.