The invention discloses a
zinc sulfide-lead-
copper quaternary quantum dot loaded with gold single atoms and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing the
zinc sulfide-lead-
copper quaternary quantum dot; dispersing the
zinc sulfide-lead-
copper quaternary quantum dots in a water phase to form a
quantum dot suspension; mixing the
quantum dot suspension with an acid source, fixing the volume, pouring the mixture into an electrolytic tank for deoxidizing treatment, and adding a first copper source to prepare an
electrolyte; under a constant potential condition, after copper monoatoms are deposited on the surfaces of the quantum dots in the
electrolyte through
underpotential deposition, a
mixed solution of a gold source is added into the deposited
electrolyte, a chemical replacement reaction is carried out, and
quantum dot suspension liquid loaded with the gold monoatoms is obtained; and purifying and
drying the quantum dot suspension loaded with the gold single atoms to obtain the
zinc sulfide-lead-copper quaternary quantum dots loaded with the gold single atoms. According to the method, high-efficiency loading of gold single atoms is realized through a room-temperature water-phase electrochemical method combining
underpotential deposition with chemical replacement, and the method has the advantages of high efficiency and low cost and is suitable for industrialization.