Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a catalyst with maximized activity and stability through synthesizing carbon quantum dots with transition metal elements introduced based on carbon compound monomers containing nitrogen elements that have excellent bonding ability with transition metals. By introducing low-cost transition metal atoms into nano carbon quantum dots (CQDs), a type of highly stable carbon nanostructure, the activity and stability of the hydrogen generation catalyst reaction through water electrolysis are simultaneously increased, so that an economical, highly active, highly stable catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen generation reaction can be manufactured.