The invention provides a nano-porous Co3Ti / Co
composite electrode as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: cleaning high-purity Co and Ti
metal sheets, corroding oxides on the surfaces of Al
metal sheets, then placing the Co, Ti and Al
metal sheets in an
electric arc furnace for melting to obtain
alloy ingots, then preparing small
alloy ingots through a
directional solidification technology, and carrying out
corrosion treatment on the
alloy ingots to finally obtain the nano-porous Co3Ti / Co
composite electrode. According to the
electrode, a Co3Ti / Co
intermetallic compound is seamlessly integrated on a Co
ligament with a dual-mode pore structure (large pores are about 200nm, and small pores are about 3nm), so that the specific surface area of an
electrode material is effectively increased, and the
mass transfer and
electron transport capabilities of an
electrolyte are improved. Meanwhile, Co and Ti sites in the
intermetallic compound are beneficial to adsorption of H and OH intermediates respectively, so that water dissociation and * H adsorption /
desorption processes are promoted, alkaline
hydrogen evolution reaction
kinetics is remarkably enhanced, and an efficient
electrode material is provided for
hydrogen production application.