The invention discloses a catalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
chemical engineering. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a solution containing a first active substance, wherein the solution comprises a first solution containing a
titanium-based complex and / or a second solution containing a
copper-based complex; reacting the
titanium-based precursor, a complexing agent and water to obtain a first solution containing a
titanium-based complex; reacting the
copper-based precursor, a compounding agent and water to obtain a second solution containing a
copper-based complex; mixing a ZSM
molecular sieve, a
cerium source, an acidic modifier and a
solvent to obtain a third solution; adding a regulating agent into the third solution, and performing primary
roasting to obtain a carrier loaded with the regulating agent; and mixing the carrier and the solution containing the first active substance to form a mixture, carrying out molding treatment on the mixture, and carrying out secondary
roasting to obtain the catalyst. The catalyst provided by the invention can improve the catalytic activity and selectivity of a cyclized product, is long in service life, can be used repeatedly and is simple to recover, and the selectivity of the catalytic performance of selective
hydrogenolysis of a C-O-C bond into linear
alcohol reaches 98% or above.