The invention relates to the technical field of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, and particularly discloses a
copper-based electrocatalytic material which comprises a plurality of element-doped
copper-based nanowires, and the doped elements are one or more of S, F, Br, N and O. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the
copper-based electro-catalytic material, which comprises the following steps: mixing a solution containing the
thiophenol ligand with a
copper salt solution to obtain a turbid liquid; performing ultrasonic treatment, heating, stirring and aging treatment on the turbid liquid, and then performing
centrifugation, washing and
drying treatment to obtain a copper-based
nanowire precursor; the copper-based
nanowire precursor is subjected to
roasting; and carrying out in-situ electrochemical activation treatment on the roasted copper-based
nanowire precursor. The preparation method is simple and effective, and multi-step
doping is not needed. When the copper-based electro-catalytic material is applied to preparation of
ethylene through electro-catalytic
carbon dioxide reduction reaction, the copper-based electro-catalytic material has high
ethylene selectivity and can efficiently and stably work under
high current density.