To effectively alleviate the ever-increasing energy crisis and environmental issues, clean and sustainable energy-related materials as well as the corresponding storage/conversion devices are in urgent demand. Silicon (Si) with the second most elemental abundance on the crust in the form of silicate or silica (SiO₂) minerals, is an advanced emerging material showing high performance in energy-related fields (e.g. batteries, photocatalytic hydrogen evolution). For the improved performance in industry-scale applications, Si materials with delicate nanostructures and ideal compositions in a massive production are highly cherished. On account of the reserve, low cost and diverse micro-nanostructures, silicate minerals are proposed as promising raw materials. In the article, crystal structures and the reduction approaches for silicate minerals, as well as recent progress on the as-reduced Si products for clean energy storage/conversion, are presented systematically. Moreover, some cutting-edge fields involving Si materials are discussed, which may offer deep insights into the rational design of advanced Si nanostructures for extended energy-related fields.

为有效缓解日益严重的能源危机和环境问题，迫切需要清洁和可持续的能源相关材料以及相应的存储/转换装置。硅 (Si) 在地壳中以硅酸盐或二氧化硅 (SiO ₂) 矿物，是一种先进的新兴材料，在能源相关领域（如电池、光催化析氢）中表现出高性能。为了在工业规模应用中提高性能，在大规模生产中具有精细纳米结构和理想成分的 Si 材料受到高度重视。由于储量、成本低、微纳米结构多样，硅酸盐矿物被认为是有前景的原料。本文系统地介绍了硅酸盐矿物的晶体结构和还原方法，以及用于清洁能源储存/转换的还原态硅产品的最新进展。此外，还讨论了一些涉及 Si 材料的前沿领域，这可能会为扩展能源相关领域的先进 Si 纳米结构的合理设计提供深刻的见解。