The invention relates to the chemical field of efficient catalytic conversion of
biomass platform compounds into high-added-value chemicals, and particularly provides a preparation method of a flower-shaped
nickel aluminum
oxide and application of the flower-shaped
nickel aluminum
oxide in preparation of
furfuryl alcohol through
catalytic transfer hydrogenation of
furfural. The preparation method mainly comprises the following steps: dissolving 0.01 mol of
aluminum nitrate, 0.02 mol of
nickel nitrate and 0.084 mol of
urea in 60 ml of deionized water, stirring at
room temperature for 1 h to form a clear solution, transferring the clear solution into a lining of a hydrothermal kettle, aging at 140 DEG C for 7 h, naturally cooling to
room temperature, and repeatedly washing with deionized water until the pH value of supernate is 7; and dispersing the separated green muddy precipitate in 200ml of
methanol, stirring at
room temperature for 2 hours, filtering and washing, and
drying at 60 DEG C for 24 hours. And
grinding the obtained
hydrotalcite precursor into
powder, putting the
powder into a
quartz boat, and carrying out high-temperature
calcination for 2 hours in
argon flow of 60 ml / min at the temperature of 500 DEG C to finally obtain the grey green
solid catalyst. The
metal oxide prepared by the invention has the characteristics of uniform components, rich acid-base sites and the like as a catalyst, and has the characteristics of simple preparation method, no need of reduction, environment friendliness and the like when being applied to industrial production. Therefore, when the catalyst is applied to a reaction for preparing
furfuryl alcohol through
furfural transfer hydrogenation, efficient conversion of
furfural can be realized, the conversion rate can reach 100%, and the selectivity is 92.1%.