The invention relates to the technical field of water
electrolysis, and discloses a water
electrolysis hydrogen evolution method which comprises the following steps: under a water
electrolysis condition, taking a water electrolysis
hydrogen evolution catalytic
electrode as a
working electrode to carry out water electrolysis reaction; the water electrolysis
hydrogen evolution catalytic
electrode comprises a conductive substrate and a catalytic material compounded on the surface of the conductive substrate, and the catalytic material comprises a carbon-coated
platinum-based
alloy nano material and conductive
carbon black; the preparation method of the carbon-coated
platinum-based
alloy nano material comprises the following steps: (1) mixing tetraammineplatinum acetate,
transition metal acetate,
citric acid and a
solvent under a stirring condition, carrying out a coordination reaction, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a product solution; (2) removing a
solvent in the product solution, and
drying to obtain a precursor material; (3) performing high-temperature
pyrolysis on the precursor material in an
inert atmosphere; and (4) contacting the high-temperature
pyrolysis product with acid, and then optionally washing and
drying. The method has relatively low reaction
overpotential and relatively high reaction activity and stability.