The invention discloses a
metal-doped
cerium oxide nano-scale self-supporting
electrode material (MCeO and NF, M is a
divalent transition metal) in the field of oxidation of an electrocatalytic
anode 5-
hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and an efficient, low-cost and stable
transition metal catalyst is developed through strategies of constructing a heterostructure on a conductive substrate,
doping cations and the like. According to the preparation method, a
transition metal cerium hydroxide precursor is deposited on a foamed
nickel substrate through a hydrothermal method, and then high-temperature
calcination is performed to obtain the
metal cerium oxide nanoscale catalyst with different morphologies. The method is characterized in that different precursors can be prepared by regulating and adding different
metal nitrates, and then different metal-doped nanoscale catalysts are prepared. After the CoCeO-coated NF nano-catalyst prepared by adding
cobalt nitrate and mixing the
cobalt nitrate with a certain amount of
cerium nitrate and
urea is electrolyzed for 2 hours under the condition of 50 mA
constant current, the conversion rate of HMF is 100.0%, and the selectivity of 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is 99.0%. When the nano-scale catalyst material prepared by the method is applied to electro-catalytic
anode HMF oxidation, relatively high HMF conversion rate and
Faraday efficiency are realized, guidance is provided for future industrial application, and the nano-scale catalyst material can be widely applied to the field of electro-catalytic
anode HMF oxidation.