The invention discloses a tellurium-zinc sulfide heterojunction compound hollow microsphere and a preparation method thereof. Chloroform is taken as a solvent, and ammonium hydroxide is taken as a buffered solution; a tellurium source, a sulfur source and an accelerant are added into the chloroform, then, the ammonium hydroxide is added to form a mixed solution, the mixed solution is added into areaction still, and the reaction still is put into a drying oven at the temperature of 130 DEG C to react for four hours; then, the reactant of the reaction still is poured into a centrifuge tube to absorb liquid in the centrifuge tube; ethyl alcohol is added for washing, ultrasound is carried out for five minutes, and then, the centrifuge tube is put into a centrifuge to be centrifuged for 5-10 minutes to remove liquid; with the same method, according to a water-water-ethyl alcohol sequence, washing is carried out, and a product is put in the drying oven at the temperature of 90 DEG C after washing is completely carried out to be dried for five hours to obtain the ZnS/Te microsphere. The tellurium-zinc sulfide microsphere prepared with the preparation method can be used for favorably remove various heavy metal ions, including Pb<2+>, Hg<2+>, Cu<2+> and Cd<2+>, in waste water, the removal rate of the tellurium-zinc sulfide microsphere for various ions is high and can be 98% or above, and removal efficiency even for low-concentration heavy metal ions is still high.