The invention relates to a core-shell structured supported
carbon nanotube catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst adopts carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a carrier and adopts borazane as a
reducing agent. The preparation method comprises the following steps: reducing precursors comprising a
ruthenium salt, a
cobalt salt and a
nickel salt, loading the reduced precursors on the CNTs, filtering the above obtained product, washing the filtered product, and
drying the washed product to obtain the core-shell structured Ru@CoNi / CNTs nanocatalyst. The average particle size of metals supported on the core-shell structured Ru@CoNi / CNTs nanocatalyst synthesized through the preparation method is 1.5 nm, the catalyst has high
catalysis activity on
hydrolysis of borazane for releasing
hydrogen, the transformation frequency (TOF) is 408.9 H2 min<-1> (mol Ru)<-1>, and the
activation energy (Ea) is 23.53 kJ mol<-1>. The catalyst still has good stability after 5 cycle test, the average particle size of
metal particles is 1.64 nm, and the
metal particles are uniformly dispersed. The
noble metal / non-
noble metal doped core-shell structured supported nanocatalyst adopting the CNTs as the carrier has the characteristics of uniform
metal particle distribution, many
catalysis activity sites and good stability; and compared with traditional
noble metal catalysts, the nanocatalyst has the advantages of low cost, simplicity in preparation, easy obtaining of the raw materials, and suitableness for industrial production.