The invention provides an fct-phase FePtCu
ternary alloy nano particle catalyst and a synthesis method thereof. A polyalcohol reduction method is adopted, and
metal precursors (including
anhydrous FeCl2,
platinum acetylacetonate and
copper acetylacetonate), 1,2-hexadecanediol,
oleic acid and
oleylamine are heated to react in an
organic solvent hexadecylamine, and are stirred in an N2 protection
atmosphere; after heating and cooling, n-
hexane and
ethanol are added, and then the mixture is centrifuged and separated; supernatant is removed and
sediment is dried to obtain a nano particle product; the structure,
magnetism and catalytic activity of the nano particle product are determined; and the
diameter of fct-phase FePtCu
ternary alloy nano particles is 9-15 nanometers, the coercive force reaches 900Oe-4800Oe, an HER (
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction) electro-catalytic property is characterized under the condition of 10mA / cm<2> and the over-potential eta=34-44mV Tafel slope b is equal to 23.6mV / dec-28.2mV / dec, and the ORR (
Oxygen Reduction Reaction) electro-catalytic performance is excellent. The invention further synthesizes the fct-phase FePtCu
ternary alloy nano particle catalyst with excellent performance. The fct-phase FePtCu ternary
alloy nano particle catalyst does not need to be subjected to high-temperature annealing treatment, has the advantages of simplicity in preparation, low cost, high catalytic activity and good catalyst stability, and has very great application potential by being used as the HER and OOR electro-catalyst.