The invention relates to an air cleaning material, and a preparation method and an application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of chemical catalytic decomposition. The air cleaning material comprise a base material and a manganese oxide loaded on the base material; the manganese oxide is a birnessite type manganese oxide prepared by performing in-situ reduction on a permanganate and a reducing agent; and the base material is filter cotton, non-woven fabrics, cotton cloth, gauze, or fiber with particle filtering function. The preparation method comprises the following steps: step 1, dissolving a quaternary ammonium salt and the permanganate in water, adding the base material; step 2, adding the reducing agent into the solution obtained in the step 1, mixing uniformly; step 3, heating the solution obtained in the step 2 at a constant temperature; and step 4, taking out the base material and drying to obtain the finished product. According to the technical scheme, the manganese oxide is simple loaded on the fiber material base material such as filter cotton and the like, so that the obtained low-wind-resistance cleaning material is capable of continuously rapid degrading formaldehyde and ozone in the air at room temperature; and the preparation method of the air cleaning material is simple and low in cost, and no other pollutions are introduced.