Ceramic Materials for Energy Applications, Volume 32, Issue 9

Yutai Katoh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Kevin Fox, Savannah River National Laboratory. Hua-Tay Lin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Ilias Belharouak, Argonne National Laboratory.

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