The invention discloses composite lithium-sulfur battery diaphragm, a preparation method thereof and application. The method comprises the steps of impregnating porous substrate membrane into reactionprecursor solution composed of reaction monomers, cross-linking agent, initiator and solvent; and carrying out in situ polymerization and cross-linking reaction under certain condition, thereby acquiring gel electrolyte filled composite lithium-sulfur battery diaphragm with nanoscale pore diameters. According to the lithium-sulfur battery diaphragm, the porous substrate membrane is taken as a framework material, so the good mechanical property and excellent thermal dimension stability are endowed to the diaphragm; the filled gel electrolyte has a great number of lithium conduction functionalgroups, so channels for lithium ions to shuttle are provided, and the problem that the ionic conductivity is relatively low due to reduction of the pore diameters of the diaphragm is avoided; and according to the prepared nanoscale pore diameter composite diaphragm, migration of polysulfide can be inhibited through physical range limitation and chemical absorption effect, so the coulombic efficiency and cycling stability of the lithium-sulfur battery are improved. The composite lithium-sulfur battery diaphragm, the preparation method thereof and the application are simple in technology and high in practicability, are easy to popularize and are beneficial for accelerating industrial application of a lithium-sulfur battery.