The invention discloses a silicon monoxide nano material and a preparation method thereof. The material provided by the invention is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 90 to 120 parts of diamond wire cut silicon powder, 20 to 30 parts of millimeter-sized polycrystalline silicon powder and 0 to 90 parts of silicon-oxygen compound. The method provided by the invention comprises the following steps of uniformly mixing the raw materials according to a proportion through a wet method or a dry method, putting a dry mixed material into a crucible, uniformly covering the mixed material with a layer of the millimeter-sized polycrystalline silicon powder, and sending an obtained mixture into a vacuum furnace; starting a vacuum pump, raising a temperature to 400 to 700 DEG C, carrying out heat preservation for a certain time under negative pressure, and controlling a vacuum degree to be 500pa to 1,000pa; starting an argon tank, maintaining the negative pressure and the vacuum degree, quickly raising the temperature, maintaining the temperature at 1,300 to 1,400 DEG C, controlling an argon flow rate to be 0.5L/min to 10L/min, starting a condensation collecting tank, and keeping the temperature at 100 to 200 DEG C; decreasing the temperature after the reaction is finished, closing a vacuum, and when the vacuum degrees of the vacuum furnace and the condensation collecting tank reach normal pressure, closing the argon tank, so as to obtain the silicon monoxide nano material, wherein a particle size is 30nm to 100nm.