The invention discloses a C3N4-based diatomic
cobalt catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof, and the catalyst is uniformly dispersed on the surface of a C3N4 carrier in the form of
cobalt atom pairs to form a diatomic
active center with clear Co-Co coordination. The preparation method comprises the following steps: reacting
cobalt salt with 2, 2 '-
bipyridine and
oxalic acid to generate a cobalt
dimer complex, mixing the cobalt
dimer complex with a C3N4 dispersion liquid, stirring, evaporating, and calcining in an
air atmosphere to obtain a final product. Adjacent cobalt atoms are accurately anchored through a
nitrogen coordination environment of C3N4, and diatomic sites with stable structures and
electron coordination are constructed on the atomic scale. Structural characterization results prove that cobalt atoms are dispersed in a diatomic form and do not
agglomerate. The catalyst shows excellent performance in electrocatalytic
oxygen reduction reaction, the
current density and H2O2 yield of the catalyst are obviously higher than those of monatomic cobalt and cobalt
nanoparticle contrast samples, and the catalyst shows
high activity,
high selectivity and good
structural stability.