The invention relates to pomelo valve-based porous activated carbon as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of materials, and the method specifically comprises the following steps: cleaning pomelo valves, freeze-drying, adding into a phosphoric acid aqueous solution, carrying out hydrothermal reaction, centrifuging to take a precipitate after thehydrothermal reaction is finished, washing and drying the precipitate, carrying out carbonization treatment to obtain a precursor, removing impurities from the precursor, and drying again to obtain the porous activated carbon. Compared with other biomass-derived carbon materials, the porous activated carbon material has higher specific surface area and capacitance performance, has better electrochemical energy storage performance through detection, is an excellent electrode material, can be further developed and prepared into a supercapacitor, and has potential and wide application prospectsin the field of electrochemical energy storage. The preparation process of the porous activated carbon is simple and easy to operate, mild in reaction condition, convenient in post-treatment, high inyield (20%), low in cost and suitable for expanded production.