The invention provides a supported catalyst and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of hydrogenation catalysts, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing a double-ligand
nickel compound solution, dissolving tert-butyl modified bis (1-methylimidazolyl) ethane and 1, 10-
phenanthroline in absolute ethyl
alcohol, stirring, adding
nickel salt, and uniformly stirring again to obtain the double-ligand
nickel compound solution; the preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing an aluminum
oxide-
silicon oxide composite carrier, adding a
caffeine solution and an alkali solution into a
mixed solution of an aluminum precursor solution and a
silicon precursor solution, uniformly stirring, gelatinizing, and carrying out two-step
calcination to obtain the aluminum
oxide-
silicon oxide composite carrier, immersing the aluminum oxide-
silicon oxide composite carrier into a double-ligand nickel compound solution, uniformly stirring, and
drying to obtain the catalyst. And filtering, washing and
drying to obtain the supported catalyst. According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the purpose of efficient hydrogenation of the supported catalyst is achieved.