The invention discloses a preparation method of a hydrophobic modified
copper-based monatomic catalyst. The preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, dissolving Cu (NO3) 2 and L-
alanine in deionized water; dissolving
trimesic acid in an
ethanol solution; s2, mixing the two solutions, and stirring at regular time at normal temperature to obtain a Cu-BTC precursor; s3,
grinding and uniformly mixing the Cu-BTC precursor and dicyandiamide, and then putting the mixture into a tubular furnace for high-temperature
pyrolysis treatment to obtain Cu-N-C-Pre
powder; s4, the Cu-N-C-Pre
powder is subjected to acid leaching
impurity removal treatment in an acid solution, and the
copper-based monatomic catalyst is obtained; and S5, dissolving the Cu-N-C catalyst and triacetylene
benzene in an
organic solvent, adding
pyridine, uniformly stirring, and carrying out a
hydrothermal reaction to obtain the hydrophobic modified
copper-based monatomic catalyst. Hydrophobic modification is performed on the surface of the Cu-N-C monatomic catalyst, so that the hydrophobicity of the surface of the catalyst is enhanced, the catalytic activity of the catalyst in a reaction for preparing
phenol by activating a
benzene C-H bond by taking H2O2 as an
oxidizing agent is improved, and the yield of
phenol is increased.