Six preparation methods of physical mixing， ball milling， vapor deposition， electrostatic spray/spinning， solvent/non-solvent and 3D printing for aluminum-fluoro reactive materials are summarized. Recent research progress of Al-fluoropolymer reactive materials are reviewed from the aspect of product performance and method advantages and disadvantages. The reaction process of aluminum-fluoropolymer reactive materials at slow heating rate and fast heating rate are introduced. The promising research directions in the future are pointed out， including design a new method that combines the advantages of various preparation methods and more attention should be paid to strengthen the research on the reaction mechanism of aluminum-fluoropolymer reactive materials when heated.