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Book SynopsisA collection of papers from the below symposia held during the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim10), June 2-7, 2013, in Coronado, California 2012:
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology
- Direct Thermal to Electrical Energy Conversion Materials and Applications
- Photovoltaic Materials and Technologies
- Ceramics for Next Generation Nuclear Energy
- Advances in Photocatalytic Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications
- Ceramics Enabling Environmental Protection: Clean Air and Water
- Advanced Materials and Technologies for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems
- Glasses and Ceramics for Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Treatment
Table of ContentsPreface ix
Recent Research Activities for Future Challenges in Global Energy and Environment in Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (TCRDL) 1
Tomoyoshi Motohiro
SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY
Structural and Electrical Characterization of PrxCe0.95-xGd0.05O2.s (0.15 less than/equal to x less than/equal to 0.40) as Cathode Materials for Low Temperature SOFC 13
Rajalekshmi Chockalingam, Suddhasatwa Basu, and Ashok Kumar Ganguli
Solid Oxide Metal-Air Batteries for Advanced Energy Storage 25
Xuan Zhao, Yunhui Gong, Xue Li, Nansheng Xu, and Kevin Huang
Fabrication of Ce02/Al Multilayer Thin Films and the Thermal Behavior 33
Shumpei Kurokawa, Takashi Hashizume, Masateru Nose, and Atsushi Saiki
DIRECT THERMAL TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS
Reduced Strontium Titanate Thermoelectric Materials 45
Lisa A. Moore and Charlene M. Smith
PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Densification and Properties of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide (FTO) Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering 59
Meijuan Li, Kun Xiang, Qiang Shen, and Lianmeng Zhang
Interfacial Character and Electronic Passivation in Amorphous Thin-Film Alumina for Si Photovoltaics 65
L.R. Hubbard, J.B. Kana-Kana, and B.G. Potter, Jr.
CERAMICS FOR NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR ENERGY
SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR Pre-Composite Ribbon Design and Fabrication 79
Yuuki Asakura, Daisuke Hayasaka, Joon-Soo Park, Hirotatsu Kishimoto, and Akira Kohyama
SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative Light Water Reactor - Compatibility with High Temperature Pressurized Water 85
C. Kanda, Y. Kanda, H. Kishimoto, and A. Kohyama
SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR-Concept and Process Development of Fuel Pin Assembly Technologies 93
Hirotatsu Kishimoto, Tamaki Shibayama, Yuuki Asakura, Daisuke Hayasaka, Yutaka Kohno, and Akira Kohyama
"INSPIRE" Project for R&D of SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Method 99
Akira Kohyama
SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR-Cladding Forming Process Development 109
Naofumi Nakazato, Hirotatsu Kishimoto, Yutaka Kohno, and Akira Kohyama
ADVANCES IN PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
Preparation of Brookite-Type Titanium Oxide Nanocrystal by Hydrothermal Synthesis 119
S. Kitahara, T. Hashizume, and A. Saiki
Effect of Atmosphere on Crystallisation Kinetics and Phase Relations in Electrospun Ti02 Nanofibres 125
H. Albetran, H. Haroosh, Y. Dong, B. H. O'Connor, and I. M. Low
Electronic and Optical Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Layered Manganese Oxides 135
Giacomo Giorgi and Koichi Yamashita
CERAMICS ENABLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: CLEAN AIR AND WATER
Understanding the Effect of Dynamic Feed Conditions on Water Recovery from IC Engine Exhaust by Capillary Condensation with Inorganic Membranes 143
Melanie Moses DeBusk, Brian Bischoff, James Hunter, James Klett, Eric Nafziger, and Stuart Daw
Reliability of Ceramic Membranes of BSCF for Oxygen Separation in a Pilot Membrane Reactor 153
E. M. Pfaff, M. Oezel, A. Eser, and A. Bezold
ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
In Situ Experimentation with Batteries using Neutron and Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction 167
Neeraj Sharma
Electrochemical Performance of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/302 Lithium Polymer Battery Based on PVDF-HFP/m-SBA15 Composite Polymer Membranes 181
Chun-Chen Yang and Zuo-Yu Lian
GLASSES AND CERAMICS FOR NUCLEAR AND HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT
Borosilicate Glass Foams from Glass Packaging Residues 205
R. K.Chinnam, Silvia Molinaro, Enrico Bernardo, and Aldo R. Boccaccini
The Durability of Simulated UK High Level Waste Glass Compositions Based on Recent Vitrification Campaigns 211
Mike T. Harrison and Carl J. Steele
Scaled Melter Testing of Noble Metals Behavior with Japanese HLW Streams 225
Keith S. Matlack, Hao Gan, Ian L. Pegg, Innocent Joseph, Bradley W. Bowan, Yoshiyuki Miura, Norio Kanehira, Eiji Ochi, Tamotsu Ebisawa, Atsushi Yamazaki, Toshiro Oniki, and Yoshihiro Endo
Suppression of Yellow Phase Formation during Japanese HLW Vitrification 237
Hao Gan, Keith S. Matlack, Ian L. Pegg, Innocent Joseph, Bradley W. Bowan, Yoshiyuki Miura, Norio Kanehira, Eiji Ochi, Toshiro Oniki, and Yoshihiro Endo
Cold Crucible Vitrification of Hanford HLW Surrogates in Aluminum-Iron-Phosphate Glass 251
S. V. Stefanovsky, S. Y. Shvetsov, V. V. Gorbunov, A. V. Lekontsev, A. V. Efimov, I. A. Knyazev, O. I. Stefanovsky, M. S. Zen'kovskaya, and J. A. Roach
Hafnium and Samarium Speciation in Vitrified Radioactive Incinerator Slag 265
G. A. Malinina, S. V. Stefanovsky, A. A. Shiryaev, and Y. V. Zubavichus
Author Index 273
