The Al2O3-based of directionally solidified eutectic ceramics (DSECs) has been widely recognized as the most promising candidates for the ultra-high temperature structural materials due to their excellent oxidation resistance and high temperature mechanical properties. However, several challenges remain to be addressed before their practical applications, such as the fracture toughness improvement and the microstructure stability during the long-term high-temperature service. Herein, the effects of phase components on the initial microstructure morphology and size, and the mechanical properties of the binary or ternary DSECs prepared with the same technique and the comparable processing parameters were systematically reviewed and analyzed. The employed fabrication techniques includes the high-frequency induction zone melting method (IHZM), laser floating zone method (LFZ), optical floating zone technique (OFZ), micro-pulling down method (μ-PD), and Bridgman method. The binary DSECs include Al2O3/MgAl2O4, Al2O3/YSZ, Al2O3/YAG, Al2O3/EAG, and Al2O3/GdAlO3, etc., while the ternary DSECs mainly involve Al2O3/YAG/ZrO2, Al2O3/EAG/ZrO2, and Al2O3/GdAlO3/ZrO2, etc. The significant correlations among the microstrucure (the eutectic morphology and the spacing λ0), the mechanical properties (the hardness H, the flexural strength σf, and the tensile strength σt), the phase components, and the phase interfacial energy were tried to be established, so as to provide a significant reference to optimize the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al2O3-based DSECs. In addition, some vague, unclear, and even contradictory issues were also set forth, and some research directions worth striving for in the future research work on DSECs were also proposed to address these issues.
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