The invention discloses a synthetic method and application of a visible-light responding carbon nitride/iron sesquioxide nano composite, belongs to the fields of composite preparation technologies and photocatalysis and aims to solve the problems that a conventional carbon nitride material is small in specific surface area, high in photon-generated electron-hole recombination rate, low in solar energy utilization ratio and the like. The composite is prepared by taking melamine and iron nitrate as raw materials and methanol as a solvent and adopting the chemical reaction method and the heat treating process. Compared with carbon nitride, the prepared carbon nitride/iron sesquioxide nano composite has a wider light absorption range (expanded from the ultraviolet region to the visible region), greatly improves the solar energy utilization ratio, meanwhile, has a larger specific surface area, is low in photon-generated electron-hole recombination rate, and can effectively degrade Rhodamin B under visible light. The advantages that the preparation technology is simple, the raw material cost is low, mass production is available, and the obtained composite is large in specific surface area, high in solar energy utilization ratio, excellent in catalytic performance, and good in application prospect are achieved.