Porous ceramic body and method therefor

摘要

A method of forming a porous ceramic body (60) includes providing a moldable material that includes a ceramic material, a binder material and a filler material comprising carbon nanotubes. The moldable material is then formed into a desired shape of a green ceramic body. The green ceramic body is then thermally treated to remove the binder material and the carbon nanotubes. The thermally treated green ceramic body is then sintered to form the porous ceramic body (60) with elongated nanopores (66).