The invention discloses a lanthanide metal catalyst. The lanthanide metal catalyst comprises, by weight, 3-20 parts of La, 4-8 parts of Ce, 1-6 parts of Yb, 0-5 parts of Gd, 0-3 parts of Lu, 0-3 parts of Lu, and 0-3 parts of Tb, and all of the components are integrally melted in vacuum to form the lanthanide metal catalyst. The lanthanide metal catalyst acts on a target material, and is fused with a matrix of the target material, atoms of the lanthanide metal in the catalyst enter into crystal lattices of matrix of the target material, so that larger crystal lattice deformation is caused, distortion energy is generated, and system energy is increased; the rare earth atoms can only be enriched at high-energy crystal boundaries so that at the lowest free energy of the system is kept, thus, the conductivity of the target material is increased, the resistance value of the target material is reduced, the adhesion of the target material is enhanced; and more than 0.1WT% of the lanthanide metal catalyst is added to an ITO target material and a copper silver alloy target material, and the conductivity of the target material can be increased by 10-15%.