Applications of ice-templated ceramics

摘要

The freeze-cast ceramics process involves the use of an aqueous slurry in which ice acts as a fugitive template, providing control of the morphology of the resultant green body, which is then sintered. Here, we report a variety of applications of ice-templated ceramics, showcasing the versatility of the process. Applications include: as a suitable scaffold for silver loading and release at concentrations that could show antibacterial properties; as a component of a robust composite material with negative thermal expansion but reduced material cost; as thin porous structures for dye-sensitized solar cells.