The invention relates to a bacterium-alga coupled sewage treatment device based on energy recycling and an application method thereof. The bacterium-alga coupled sewage treatment device comprises a pretreatment device, a photobioreactor, alga separation equipment, a continuous flow bioreactor and a secondary sedimentation tank which are connected in sequence, wherein the pretreatment device is connected with a municipal sewage inlet pipe; the photobioreactor is connected with a carbon dioxide gas filling device through a gas filling pipeline; a part of a sludge concentration tank is connectedwith the secondary sedimentation tank, and the other part of the sludge concentration tank is connected with residual sludge of the pretreatment device; carbon dioxide generated after sludge in the sludge concentration tank is subjected to pyrohydrolysis and anaerobic acidification treatment is connected to the photobioreactor through a gas inlet pipeline; and the alga separation equipment is connected with a filter press. The device has the advantages of reasonable structural design, reliable and stable operation, low operation and maintenance cost, high automation and intelligence degree, capability of meeting the use and transformation requirements of vast sewage treatment plants, and the like.