The invention belongs to the technical field of electrochemical power supplies, and particularly relates to a method for synthesizing a porphyrin-based two-dimensional metal organic framework (MOF) nanosheet array on a zinc substrate, which at least comprises the following steps: 1, preparing a solution: dispersing a precursor of a porphyrin structure containing carboxyl in a mixed solvent to obtain a precursor solution; 2, the precursor solution and a zinc substrate are subjected to a reaction, and a porphyrin-based two-dimensional Zn-MOF array is obtained; and step 3, washing the porphyrin-based two-dimensional Zn-MOF array obtained in the step 2 with a solvent, and then removing the solvent, so that the porphyrin-based two-dimensional MOF nanosheet array is attached to the zinc substrate. The MOF open-pore array structure is efficiently synthesized through a surfactant-free substrate induction method, and the MOF open-pore array structure is used for the negative electrode of the metal ion battery, so that U-shaped deposition of metal can be induced, generation of dendritic crystals can be inhibited, and the cycle performance of the metal ion battery is improved. Meanwhile, the MOF nano array is simple to synthesize and suitable for large-scale production.