The invention discloses a modified
ruthenium-based acidic
oxygen evolution catalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of nano materials and
catalysis. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, mixing a
mixed solution of
transition metal salt and soluble
ruthenium salt with a complex ligand dispersion liquid, then evaporating and curing to obtain a
metal chelate precursor, and finally performing
pyrolysis oxidation to obtain the
metal chelate. The
transition metal salt comprises at least one of soluble Nb, Ti, Cr, Mn, Co, Cd, Sn and Sb
metal salts. The preparation process is simple and easy to implement, the precursor salt is flexible to select, the synthesis method has high expansibility in preparation of the nano
oxide, a preparation way is provided for application of the nano
oxide in the fields of energy, environment, sensing and the like, and the prepared modified
ruthenium-based acidic
oxygen evolution catalyst is small and uniform in particle, clean in surface, free of ligands and suitable for industrial production. The catalyst shows
high activity and high stability on
oxygen evolution reaction, and a new choice is provided for a commercial
anode catalyst for producing
hydrogen by electrolyzing water.