The invention discloses a
rare earth element doped stainless steel
oxygen evolution
electrode and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
electrode preparation. The preparation method of the stainless steel
oxygen evolution
electrode comprises the steps that stainless steel with impurities removed serves as an
anode and is placed in an alkaline solution with the concentration being 7-12 mol / L,
cyclic voltammetry is adopted, stainless steel treated through
cyclic voltammetry is obtained, and the potential window is-0.3 V to 1.5 V; the stainless steel is placed in an alkaline solution with the concentration being 1-2 mol / L and serves as an
anode for
electrolysis, and
anodic oxidation stainless steel is obtained; the
anodic oxidation stainless steel is placed in a
cerium ion solution, a
cyclic voltammetry method is adopted, the stainless steel serves as an
anode to be treated, and a stainless steel
oxygen evolution electrode is obtained through electro-deposition; wherein the potential window is-1.5 V to 1.0 V (+ / -0.5 V). The preparation method is simple, the cost is low, large-scale preparation is easy, long-time, high-temperature and other complex preparation processes are not needed, and when the electrode is used as an electrode for electrolyzing
oxygen evolution in water, the electrode has excellent catalytic activity and shows huge application prospects in large-scale industrial
hydrogen production through water
electrolysis.