The invention provides an
ethylene copolymer and a preparation method thereof. A catalyst adopted by the preparation method is a
metallocene catalyst, and the
metallocene catalyst comprises a carrier for the
metallocene catalyst, a metallocene compound and a cocatalyst; the carrier is prepared by the following steps: placing
silicon dioxide
aerogel microspheres in a container for
microwave treatment; hot
nitrogen is introduced for purging in the
microwave treatment; stopping
microwave treatment, vacuumizing, and introducing normal-temperature
nitrogen for purging to obtain the carrier for the metallocene catalyst; the preparation method comprises a pre-
polymerization step and a copolymerization
reaction step, the prepolymerization comprises the following steps: mixing a metallocene catalyst and
alkyl aluminum, and introducing
ethylene for prepolymerization. According to the invention, the
silicon dioxide
aerogel microspheres are used as the carrier to load the metallocene catalyst, so that the loading capacity of the metallocene compound is improved, the vinyl
monomer can be subjected to
polymerization reaction on the surface of the
silicon dioxide
aerogel and in internal pores, the
polymerization activity of the metallocene catalyst is improved, and the activity release of the catalyst is stable.