The invention belongs to the technical field of nano
material synthesis, and relates to an iron-doped
cobalt phosphide hollow nanocage
hydrogen evolution catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst is a composite porous material of Fe-doped CoP nano-particles and
nitrogen-
doped carbon, and the Fe-doped CoP nano-particles coated with the
nitrogen-
doped carbon are uniformly loaded on dodecahedral porous
nitrogen-
doped carbon with the size of 200nm microcosmically. The preparation method comprises the following three steps: (1) reacting
cobalt nitrate hexahydrate with 2-methylimidazole in
methanol at
room temperature, and centrifuging to obtain a ZIF-67 precursor; (2) performing
oil bath reflux on ZIF-67 and
potassium ferricyanide in
ethanol-deionized water, and performing centrifugal
drying to obtain a CoFe-PBAs precursor; and (3) annealing CoFe-PBAs for 2 hours at 400 DEG C under the protection of
argon, thereby obtaining the target catalyst. The catalyst is excellent in
hydrogen evolution activity in a whole
pH range, 0.01 Acm <-2 > overpotentials in an acidic
system, an alkaline
system and a neutral
system are 61mV, 133mV and 188mV respectively, only 1.91 V is needed for realizing 1.0 Acm <-2 >
current density in a
proton exchange membrane
electrolytic cell, and the 200-hour operation
voltage attenuation rate is as low as 0.1 mVh <-1 >. The method is simple in preparation process, low in cost, outstanding in catalyst activity and stability and suitable for industrial green
hydrogen preparation scenes.