The invention relates to the technical field of catalyst preparation, in particular to a preparation method of an In2O3-based finger-shaped photocatalyst, which comprises the following steps: step 1, adding a certain amount of
indium source and
terephthalic acid into a reactor, then adding N, N-
dimethylformamide (DMF), and stirring to completely dissolve the
solid to obtain a solution A; 2, the solution A obtained in the step 1 is placed in an
oil bath pan for
oil bath heating, after the reaction is finished, cooling, filtering, washing and
drying are conducted, and
solid powder can be obtained; compared with the prior art, the preparation method has the advantages that a
solvothermal synthesis technology is utilized, the
microstructure of In2O3 is finely regulated and controlled, a unique finger appearance is formed, then
iridium monatomic is accurately supported through a wet chemical method, and the density and
electron transfer efficiency of photocatalytic active sites are remarkably improved. The obtained catalyst shows excellent gamma-
lactam photocatalytic conversion capability under
visible light irradiation, and the conversion rate is up to 95% or above.