The invention discloses a
palladium-carbon catalyst for
meropenem and a preparation method thereof, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: step 1, preparing a carrier: adding
activated carbon into an
aluminum ammonium sulfate solution, and stirring uniformly at a set temperature; adjusting the pH value of the
system to 9-9.5 by using
ammonium bicarbonate, and continuously reacting for preset time; after the reaction is finished, filtering,
drying an obtained
filter cake, and calcining at high temperature in a
nitrogen atmosphere to obtain a catalyst carrier; 2, mixing a
palladium oxalate solution with a
cesium sulfate solution, adding the catalyst carrier prepared in the step 1, and concentrating until the
system is
anhydrous; and introducing
hydrogen under a high-temperature condition for reduction to obtain the
palladium-carbon catalyst. The palladium-carbon catalyst can maintain the specific surface area of the
activated carbon and increase the density of the
activated carbon, is easier to precipitate compared with pure activated carbon, and improves the filtering speed; the prepared palladium-carbon does not contain
chloride ions, the activity of the palladium-carbon is improved, and meanwhile, cesium
oxide is introduced into the palladium-carbon, so that the selectivity of the catalyst is improved.