The invention discloses a flower-shaped mesoporous titanium dioxide material and a preparation method and application thereof. The material is prepared by the following method: 1) adding a template agent into a diluent, adding concentrated hydrochloric acid, and stirring evenly; 2) adding a titanium source into the solution, and stirring; 3) placing the solution in the conditions of the relative humidity above 60% at the temperature of 40-80 DEG C for 12h-24h, crystallizing at 80-90 DEG C for 6-12h; and 4) refluxing a sample to remove a surface active agent, and drying to obtain the flower-shaped mesoporous titanium dioxide. According to the method, high-temperature calcinations is not needed, the reaction synthesis temperature is lower than 100 DEG C, and the obtained flower-shaped mesoporous titanium dioxide material has the advantages of good monodispersity, high specific surface area and controllable crystalline phase and the like. The flower-shaped mesoporous titanium dioxide material can be used for negative electrode materials of a lithium ion battery, has high charge and discharge specific capacity, stable cycle performance, excellent high rate performance and very good photocatalytic activity, and can be used in the fields of degradation of organic pollutants, photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production, dye-sensitized solar cells and the like.