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<p>Preface ix</p> <p>Recent Research Activities for Future Challenges in Global Energy and Environment in Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (TCRDL) 1<br /><i>Tomoyoshi Motohiro</i></p> <p><b>SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY</b></p> <p>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<br /><i>Rajalekshmi Chockalingam, Suddhasatwa Basu, and Ashok Kumar Ganguli</i></p> <p>Solid Oxide Metal-Air Batteries for Advanced Energy Storage 25<br /><i>Xuan Zhao, Yunhui Gong, Xue Li, Nansheng Xu, and Kevin Huang</i></p> <p>Fabrication of Ce02/Al Multilayer Thin Films and the Thermal Behavior 33<br /><i>Shumpei Kurokawa, Takashi Hashizume, Masateru Nose, and Atsushi Saiki</i></p> <p><b>DIRECT THERMAL TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS</b></p> <p>Reduced Strontium Titanate Thermoelectric Materials 45<br /><i>Lisa A. Moore and Charlene M. Smith</i></p> <p><b>PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES</b></p> <p>Densification and Properties of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide (FTO) Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering 59<br /><i>Meijuan Li, Kun Xiang, Qiang Shen, and Lianmeng Zhang</i></p> <p>Interfacial Character and Electronic Passivation in Amorphous Thin-Film Alumina for Si Photovoltaics 65<br /><i>L.R. Hubbard, J.B. Kana-Kana, and B.G. Potter, Jr.</i></p> <p><b>CERAMICS FOR NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR ENERGY</b></p> <p>SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR Pre-Composite Ribbon Design and Fabrication 79<br /><i>Yuuki Asakura, Daisuke Hayasaka, Joon-Soo Park, Hirotatsu Kishimoto, and Akira Kohyama</i></p> <p>SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative Light Water Reactor - Compatibility with High Temperature Pressurized Water 85<br /><i>C. Kanda, Y. Kanda, H. Kishimoto, and A. Kohyama</i></p> <p>SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR-Concept and Process Development of Fuel Pin Assembly Technologies 93<br /><i>Hirotatsu Kishimoto, Tamaki Shibayama, Yuuki Asakura, Daisuke Hayasaka, Yutaka Kohno, and Akira Kohyama</i></p> <p>"INSPIRE" Project for R&D of SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Method 99<br /><i>Akira Kohyama</i></p> <p>SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR-Cladding Forming Process Development 109<br /><i>Naofumi Nakazato, Hirotatsu Kishimoto, Yutaka Kohno, and Akira Kohyama</i></p> <p><b>ADVANCES IN PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS</b></p> <p>Preparation of Brookite-Type Titanium Oxide Nanocrystal by Hydrothermal Synthesis 119<br /><i>S. Kitahara, T. Hashizume, and A. Saiki</i></p> <p>Effect of Atmosphere on Crystallisation Kinetics and Phase Relations in Electrospun Ti02 Nanofibres 125<br /><i>H. Albetran, H. Haroosh, Y. Dong, B. H. O'Connor, and I. M. Low</i></p> <p>Electronic and Optical Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Layered Manganese Oxides 135<br /><i>Giacomo Giorgi and Koichi Yamashita</i></p> <p><b>CERAMICS ENABLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: CLEAN AIR AND WATER</b></p> <p>Understanding the Effect of Dynamic Feed Conditions on Water Recovery from IC Engine Exhaust by Capillary Condensation with Inorganic Membranes 143<br /><i>Melanie Moses DeBusk, Brian Bischoff, James Hunter, James Klett, Eric Nafziger, and Stuart Daw</i></p> <p>Reliability of Ceramic Membranes of BSCF for Oxygen Separation in a Pilot Membrane Reactor 153<br /><i>E. M. Pfaff, M. Oezel, A. Eser, and A. Bezold</i></p> <p><b>ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS</b></p> <p>In Situ Experimentation with Batteries using Neutron and Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction 167<br /><i>Neeraj Sharma</i></p> <p>Electrochemical Performance of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/302 Lithium Polymer Battery Based on PVDF-HFP/m-SBA15 Composite Polymer Membranes 181<br /><i>Chun-Chen Yang and Zuo-Yu Lian</i></p> <p><b>GLASSES AND CERAMICS FOR NUCLEAR AND HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT</b></p> <p>Borosilicate Glass Foams from Glass Packaging Residues 205<br /><i>R. K.Chinnam, Silvia Molinaro, Enrico Bernardo, and Aldo R. Boccaccini</i></p> <p>The Durability of Simulated UK High Level Waste Glass Compositions Based on Recent Vitrification Campaigns 211<br /><i>Mike T. Harrison and Carl J. Steele</i></p> <p>Scaled Melter Testing of Noble Metals Behavior with Japanese HLW Streams 225<br /><i>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</i></p> <p>Suppression of Yellow Phase Formation during Japanese HLW Vitrification 237<br /><i>Hao Gan, Keith S. Matlack, Ian L. Pegg, Innocent Joseph, Bradley W. Bowan, Yoshiyuki Miura, Norio Kanehira, Eiji Ochi, Toshiro Oniki, and Yoshihiro Endo</i></p> <p>Cold Crucible Vitrification of Hanford HLW Surrogates in Aluminum-Iron-Phosphate Glass 251<br /><i>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</i></p> <p>Hafnium and Samarium Speciation in Vitrified Radioactive Incinerator Slag 265<br /><i>G. A. Malinina, S. V. Stefanovsky, A. A. Shiryaev, and Y. V. Zubavichus</i></p> <p>Author Index 273</p>

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