The invention discloses a preparation method for a Ni-Co /
carbon nanotube aerogel catalyst of a
zinc-air battery, which is used for the field of the
zinc-air battery. In the catalyst, the nanometer Ni-Co /
carbon nanotube aerogel dual-functional catalyst is successfully prepared by taking
sodium alginate,
cobalt chloride hexahydrate,
nickel chloride hexahydrate and carbon nanotubes as raw materials. The dual-functional catalyst is endowed with excellent
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalytic performance, the initial potential of OER is early, the
current density of the dual-functional catalyst is large, the initial potential of ORR is early, the
limiting current density is large, and the stability is high; and moreover, the charging and discharging
voltage difference of the
zinc-air battery before and after long circulation test is small, and the energy efficiency after long circulation is high. The preparation method has the advantages of simplicity, rapidness in operation, greenness and environment friendliness, the source of
sodium alginate is rich, and the obtained dual-functional catalyst is excellent in performance and is the zinc-air battery catalyst having a very good prospect.