Through alignment and grading of pores one can tailor surface areas and diffusion channels for flows of gas and liquid species involved in fuel cell reactions.
Porous ceramics tape casting.
Tape casting is a well established technique to fabricate ceramic tapes.
Tape casting produces a thin layer of ceramic material by coating a carrier surface thin organic film with a ceramic suspension usually by the doctor blade process.
Several techniques have been used to fabricate porous ceramics such as slip casting 14 organic foam impregnation 15 extrusion 16 tape casting 1 and direct foaming 17.
Conversely the tape casting is one of the main methods not only to produce dense thin ceramics and lately also for obtaining porous ceramic bodies 21.