The invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of
isocyanate, and particularly discloses an
isocyanate preparation method based on a
rare earth upconversion material, which comprises the following steps: mixing and dissolving
rare earth metal salt and ligand in absolute ethyl
alcohol or
anhydrous ethylene glycol, and performing
solvothermal reaction to prepare
rare earth nanoparticles; and calcining the prepared rare earth nanoparticles at 450-550 DEG C to obtain the rare earth up-conversion material. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding the rare earth up-conversion material into a solution of an organic amine compound, and carrying out photocatalytic oxidation reaction under the
irradiation of near-
infrared light, so as to prepare the
isocyanate, wherein the
mass percent of the rare earth up-conversion material in the organic amine compound is 1-10%, and the
mass percent of the rare earth up-conversion material in the organic amine compound is 1-10%. Through the light conversion characteristic of the rare earth upconversion material, the isocyanate reaction is smoothly carried out under the excitation of low-energy near-
infrared light, and the method has the advantages of mild reaction, low
equipment requirement, high efficiency and the like.