The application relates to the technical field of catalytic materials, and discloses a cation-fixed acidic
membrane electrode assembly as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding
ion exchange resin into an alkali cation solution and stirring to obtain a
mixed solution; fully precipitating the
mixed solution, performing
solid-liquid separation, and then
drying to obtain alkali cation resin; taking
carbon paper loaded with a catalyst as a
cathode, uniformly laying the alkali cation resin on the surface of the
cathode, taking a
titanium mesh loaded with
iridium oxide as an
anode, separating the
cathode from the
anode by using a
proton exchange membrane, and assembling the
membrane electrode assembly. The prepared acidic
membrane electrode assembly is applied to electrocatalytic
carbon dioxide reduction. The resin fixed on the cathode hinders the migration of H + + from the
anode to the cathode, thereby improving the local pH of the cathode, enhancing the selectivity of target products in the acidic CO2RR, avoiding salt
precipitation, greatly improving the stability, and realizing efficient electrocatalytic
carbon dioxide reduction for preparing CO under acidic conditions.