The invention relates to a self-supporting
electrode and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
new energy and alkaline electro-catalytic water
decomposition. A preparation method of a self-supporting
electrode comprises the following steps: taking a
nickel net, foamed
nickel or a stainless steel net as a substrate, taking deionized water containing a
ferric iron compound and
phosphate as an
etching solution, soaking the substrate in the
etching solution at
room temperature, taking out the substrate, and
drying at
room temperature to obtain a surface-modified self-supporting
electrode; according to the method, PO4 < 3-> is introduced while the Fe / M self-supporting electrode is synthesized through a one-step
etching method, so that the free energy of * OH and * O intermediates is adjusted, the valence state is adjusted, and the
oxygen evolution
reaction rate is increased; meanwhile, PO4 < 3-> and Fe sites act, so that the Fe coordination sites are stabilized, and
precipitation of iron is prevented; the self-supporting electrode prepared by using a room-temperature one-step chemical etching method not only has good water
electrolysis oxygen evolution reaction activity, stability and
repeatability, but also is simple and rapid in preparation process and low in cost, and large-scale industrial production can be realized.