The invention belongs to the technical field of nanometer material preparation, and relates to a three-dimensional porous boron carbonitride material, as well as a preparation method and application thereof in the field of photocatalysis. The method comprises the following steps: by adopting boric acid, urea and starch as raw materials, mixing with sodium chloride salt, adding an appropriate amount of water, carrying out ultrasonic processing for dissolving, uniformly mixing, standing under normal pressure and temperature, self-forming a precursor with a three-dimensional porous structure after several hours, carrying out high temperature heat polymerization under an ammonia atmosphere, and synthesizing to obtain the three-dimensional porous boron carbonitride material. The preparation method provided by the invention has the advantages of simple process, cheap materials, and mild and controllable conditions. The obtained boron carbonitride material is remarkably increased in specificsurface area, smaller in pore diameter, remarkably improved in charge separation, and favorable in photocatalytic performance, and has wide application in the fields such as photoelectricity, catalysis, organic pollutant photodegradation and adsorption, and energy storage.