Subjected to CO poisoning and weak catalytic performance, there are still large barriers to the effective use of direct methanol fuel cells. Therefore, bimetallic FeNi2P/C hybrid is synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method and low temperature phosphorization process. Subsequently, the as-synthesized FeNi2P/C is employed as catalytic support to load Pt nanoparticles. Due to the existence of phosphorus and the difunctional effects of Fe and Ni, electrochemical results demonstrate that the prepared Pt-FeNi2P/C compound exhibits an outstanding catalytic activity of 1125 mA.mg(-1) Pt during methanol oxidation in acid solution, tower over that of Pt-FeP4/C (721 mA.mg(pt)(-1)), Pt-Ni2P/C (588 mA.mg(pt)(-1)) and Pt/C-JM (284 mA.mg(pt)(-1)), separately. Significantly, bimetallic Pt-FeNi2P/C hybrid shows the optimal anti poisoning tolerance, which onset potential is negatively shifted 0.2 eV in comparison of Pt/C-JM. Hence, Pt-based catalyst decorated by bimetallic phosphides with excellent anti poisoning tolerance would be a superb material to flourish the catalytic field. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.