The invention provides a cobalt sulfide material, a preparation method and application of the cobalt sulfide material. The cobalt sulfide material is prepared by the following steps: (1) mixing dimethyl aminodithioformic acid with cobalt chloride hexahydrate according to a mole ratio of 2 to 1 in water for reaction, thus obtaining a first product; (2) under the protection of inert gas, carrying out reaction on the dried first product at 500 to 900 DEG C for 2 to 3 hours, thus obtaining the cobalt sulfide material. The cobalt sulfide material provided by the invention can be applied to the field of hydrogen production from water through electro-catalysis.