Kevin M. Fox & Ilias Belharouak 
Ceramic Materials for Energy Applications, Volume 32, Issue 9 

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.

Table of Content

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 Si C 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 Si C/Si C Composites by
Silicides Compounds and Local Heating 73

Elodie Jacques, Laurence Maille, Yann Lepetitcorps, Christophe
Lorrette, and Cedric Sauder

Joining of NITE Si C/Si C 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 Si C 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-Si C/Si C 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 Sr Ti O3 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

About the author

Yutai Katoh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Kevin Fox, Savannah River National Laboratory.

Hua-Tay Lin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Ilias Belharouak, Argonne National Laboratory.