The invention discloses a
ruthenium /
ruthenium selenide composite material and a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of water
electrolysis catalyst materials.The preparation method comprises the following steps that
ruthenium salt is dissolved in deionized water,
selenium powder is added under vigorous stirring, then a
reducing agent is added and stirred to be uniform, then the mixture is transferred into a reaction kettle to be subjected to a
hydrothermal reaction, and the ruthenium / ruthenium
selenide composite material is obtained; after the reaction is finished, centrifuging, washing and
drying are performed, the obtained product is sintered in an
inert atmosphere, the Ru / RuSe2
composite material is obtained, controllable synthesis of the Ru / RuSe2 composite material is achieved through a hydrothermal-
calcination two-
step method in combination with
parameter control and
inert atmosphere protection, the problem that an existing catalyst is insufficient in activity and stability in an acid environment is solved, and the Ru / RuSe2 composite material is obtained. The Ru / RuSe2
heterojunction interface is regulated and controlled through
electron transfer, so that the adsorption capacity of Ru sites to HER activity is optimized, the RuSe2 sites promote intermediate conversion in the OER process, one agent has double effects, the
hydrogen evolution and
oxygen evolution performance of electrolyzed water is effectively improved, the use amount of
precious metal is reduced by introducing
selenium into the composite material, the preparation process is simple, and the cost is reduced.