The invention belongs to the technical field of
oxygen reduction catalysts, and discloses a hollow nanocage loaded high-entropy
alloy electrocatalyst and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: synthesizing PS balls through an
emulsion polymerization method, mixing, stirring and aging a solution prepared from 2-methylimidazole,
cobalt nitrate and
zinc nitrate in
methanol and the PS balls, then adding
metal precursors of iron,
nickel and
copper, and carrying out washing,
drying, heat treatment and concentrated
nitric acid etching to prepare NC-CoZnFeNiCu. The high-entropy
alloy is located on the carbon nanocage, multiple active sites are formed due to the compression strain caused by the ultra-small bending
carbon layer and the good synergistic coordination effect of the high-entropy
alloy, and the reaction potential barrier of
oxygen reduction is effectively reduced. The
oxygen reduction performance of the material is superior to that of commercial Pt / C, the half-wave potential is 0.896 V, and the dynamic
current density is 31.88 mA / cm < 2 >. By combining the structures of the high-entropy alloy and the hollow nanocage, the
electron conduction capability of the catalyst is enhanced, and the performance of the
oxygen reduction reaction is remarkably improved.