The invention discloses a NiPO-coated Fe-NiS array catalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of catalyst materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding diammonium
hydrogen phosphate into
ultrapure water, uniformly stirring, putting foamed
nickel into the mixture, transferring the mixture into a high-pressure kettle, putting the high-pressure kettle into a
drying oven, carrying out
hydrothermal treatment to obtain NiP4O11 (recorded as NiPO), cooling to
room temperature after the reaction is finished, washing and
drying; finally, the NiPO is put into a high-pressure kettle containing
ferric nitrate nonahydrate and
thiosulfate pentahydrate to be subjected to second-step
hydrothermal treatment, and NiPO-coated Fe-NiS is obtained; according to the preparation method disclosed by the invention, the NiPO-coated Fe-NiS microrod-
nanosheet array catalyst combined with iron
doping and double anion
layers is prepared, and the NiPO-coated Fe-NiS
anode catalyst can respectively realize the
current density of 100 mA / cm < 2 >, 500 mA / cm < 2 > and 1000 mA / cm < 2 > only by the overpotentials of 199 mV, 245 mV and 265 mV in a
seawater electrolysis system of 6 M KOH; under the condition of
high current density of 500 mA / cm < 2 >, the catalyst can stably operate for 1500 hours, and shows the comprehensive performance advantages of high catalytic activity and long-term durability in industrial alkaline
seawater.