Ceramic Materials for Energy Applications, Volume 32, Issue 9

ISBN-13: 9781118059944 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 216 str.

Hua-Tay Lin; Yutai Katoh; Kevin Fox

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This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Ceramics for Electric Energy Generation, Storage and Distribution; Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Nuclear and Fusion Applications; and Advanced Materials and Technologies for Rechargeable Batteries symposia.

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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