Abstract: A large number of related literature at home and abroad were collected.Research status of thermal method and efficiency of solar collector sets at home and abroad were reviewed and summarized.It provided theoretical basis and scientific basis for solar collector for greenhouse heating in Xinjiang.According to the literature at home and abroad，improving collector collection efficiency was main research direction to improve performance of collector.Improving collection efficiency could save use of fossil fuels，and reduce harmful gas pollution to environment.Using solar collector instead of hot blast stove for heating of solar greenhouse is the future development direction of sunlight greenhouse heating use of clean energy.