The invention relates to a method for preparing
nitrogen doping hollow carbon
nanocages, which comprises the following steps that: (1) basic
magnesium carbonate or
magnesium carbonate is taken to be added into a
reaction tube and is uniformly dispersed, then the
reaction tube is placed in a
tube furnace, air in the
tube furnace is extracted,
inert gases are filled into the
tube furnace, under the condition of 10-500sccm of
inert gases, the temperature of the tube furnace is increased to 650-1,100 DEG C, then the
inert gas flow is guided into steam which contains carbon (C) and
nitrogen (N), and after reacting for 5-240min, the temperature of the tube furnace is reduced to a
room temperature; and (2)
powder in the
reaction tube is collected, put into
hydrochloric acid or
sulfuric acid solution to be soaked for 5-720min, filtered, cleaned by deionized water and dried, so a
nitrogen doping hollow carbon nanocage is obtained. The
nitrogen doping hollow carbon nanocage which is produced by the method has the advantages of high specific surface area,
large pore volume, high mesoporous ratio, good graphitization degree and the like, and is a
metal-free
oxygen reduction reaction catalyst with excellent performance.