Macroporous ceramic materials are ubiquitous in numerous energy-conversion and thermal-management systems. The morphology and material composition influence the effective thermophysical properties of macroporous ceramic structures and interphase transport in interactions with the working fluid. Therefore, tailoring these properties can enable significant performance enhancements by modulating thermal transport, reactivity, and stability. However, conventional ceramic-matrix fabrication techniques limit the ability for tailoring the porous structure and optimizing the performance of these systems, such as by introducing anisotropic morphologies, pore-size gradations, and variations in pore connectivity and material properties. In this work, an
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