[eBook Code] Ceramics for Environmental and Energy Applications II (eBook Code, 1st)

Preface 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