Ceramic Materials for Energy Applications

Preface ix Introduction xi CARBON MATERIALS AND FUEL CERAMICS Irradiation-Induced Dimensional Change and Fracture Behavior of C/C Composites for VHTR Application 3 Junya Sumita, Taiju Shibata, Kazuhiro Sawa, Ichiro Fujita, Jun Ohashi, Kentaro Takizawa, W. Kim, and J. Park R&D and Irradiation Plans for New Nuclear Grade Graphites for Application to VHTR 13 Kentaro Takizawa, Kazuyuki Kakehashi, Toshiaki Fukuda, Tohru Kida, Kazuhiro Sawa, Junya Sumita, Yutai Katoh, and Lance L. Snead CRYSTALLINE, AMORPHOUS, AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR WASTE IMMOBILIZATION Functionalized Silica Aerogels: Advanced Materials to Capture and Immobilize Radioactive Iodine 23 J. Matyas, G. E. Fryxell, B. J. Busche, K. Wallace, and L. S. Fifield Layered Double Hydroxides for Anion Capture and Storage 33 J. Phillips and L. J. Vandeperre Bottom-Up Design of a Cement for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation 41 T. Zhang, L. J. Vandeperre, and C. Cheeseman FUEL CERAMICS AND IRRADIATION EFFECTS Microstructural Analysis of Secondary Phases in Silicon Carbide Fabricated with SiC Nano-Powder and Sintering Additives 53 Takaaki Koyanagi, Sosuke Kondo, and Tatsuya Hinoki Measurements of Irradiation Creep Strain in Silicon Carbide Irradiated with Silicon Ions 63 S. Kondo, T. Koyanagi, T. Hinoki, and O. Hashitomi JOINING AND INTEGRATION OF CERAMIC STRUCTURES Preliminar Results on Joining of Thin SiC/SiC Composites by Silicides Compounds and Local Heating 73 Elodie Jacques, Laurence Maille, Yann Lepetitcorps, Christophe Lorrette, and Cedric Sauder Joining of NITE SiC/SiC Composite and Tungsten for Nuclear Applications 85 H. Kishimoto, T. Abe, T. Shibayama, J. S. Park, H. C. Jung, Y. Kohno, and A. Kohyama PROCESSING Integrated R & D of SiC Matrix Ceramic Composites for Energy/Environmental Application 95 Akira Kohyama, Y. Kohno, H. Kishimoto, J. S. Park, H. C. Jung, and K. Shimoda Effects of Two-Step Sintering on Densification and Performance of Near-Net Shaped NITE-SiC/SiC Composites 103 N. Nakazato, H. Kishimoto, K. Shimoda, Y. Kohno, and A. Kohyama CERAMICS FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTION Ceramic Processing for Dense Magnesium Diboride 111 C. E. J. Dancer, R. I. Todd, and C. R. M. Grovenor Investigation on Phase Transformation of YBCO-ln2O3 Composite Superconductor Cooled Down via Different Routes 121 Y. M. Z. Ahmed., M. S. Hassan, and H. Abd-Elatif Morphologies and Electrochemical Capacitor Behaviors of Co(OH)2/Polyaniline Composite Films 141 Hiroshi Itahara and Tetsuro Kobayashi Optimization of Spark-Plasma-Sintering Conditions for Maximizing Figure of Merit of La-Doped SrTiO3 151 Asami Kikuchi, Sidney Lin, Noriyuki Okinaka, and Tomohiro Akiyama ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES Design of (Thio) Phosphates for High Performance Lithium Ion Batteries 161 Stefan Adams, Rayavarapu Prasada Rao Lithium Ion Conductive Solid Electrolyte with Porous/Dense Bi-Layer Structure for All Solid State Battery 177 Kiyoshi Kanamura, Ryo Oosone, Hirokazu Munakata, and Masashi Kotobuki Autogenic Reactions for Fabricating Lithium Battery Electrode Materials 185 Vilas G. Pol and M. M. Thackeray Author Index 195