The invention relates to the technical field of catalyst preparation, and discloses a
cobalt-aluminum
composite oxide catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation methodcomprises the steps that
metal salt solutions of
cobalt and aluminum are taken as precursors correspondingly,
polymer microspheres are taken as a template agent, templates are soaked in the precursorsolutions, then impregnation and
roasting are conducted, and thus the
cobalt-aluminum
composite oxide catalyst is obtained. A three-dimensional ordered hierarchical pore structure with a mesoporous and macroporous structure is created through the
polymer microspheres, thus the specific surface area of the catalyst is increased, the prepared catalyst has a large transmission pore channel, reactantmodules enter the pore channel from all directions advantageously, the
diffusion resistance is lowered, thus the convective
mass transfer efficiency between gases is improved, and the catalytic activity of the cobalt-aluminum
composite oxide catalyst is facilitated; and meanwhile, through the large
transmission channel, the situation that the modules are blocked when reacting on the pore wall or the pore channel of the
transmission channel, and consequently, the reaction progress is influenced can further be effectively avoided, and the catalytic conversion efficiency of the catalyst is improved.