The invention discloses a carbon nitride-supported molybdenum nitride nanoparticle photocatalyst, and a preparation method and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps: firstly, preparing ultra-thin precursors of CN and Mo2N, and then preparing a Mo2N aqueous solution and a CN ethanol dispersion solution; and then dropping the CN ethanol dispersion solution into the Mo2Naqueous solution in a 70 DEG C oil bath, stirring and mixing, then centrifuging, washing and drying to obtain the carbon nitride-supported molybdenum nitride nanoparticle photocatalyst. The photocatalyst has the advantages of wide light absorption range, property of high decomposition of water to produce hydrogen, low electrical resistivity, fast current carrier transfer ability, high photogenerated current carrier separation ability, low current carrier recombination rate, good hydrogen evolution circulation stability and the like, is used for photocatalytic decomposition of water to producehydrogen, and has the highest hydrogen production rate reaching 0.89 [mu]mol.g<-1>.h<-1>. The preparation method has the advantages of simple operation, low cost and non-toxic used raw materials, andconforms to production of the concept of environmental protection.