Ceramics for Energy Conversion, Storage, and Distribution Systems [Hardcover]

A collection of 25 papers presented at the 11th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (CMCEE-11), June 14-19, 2015 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Paper in this volume were presented in the below six symposia from Track 1 on the topic of Ceramics for Energy Conversion, Storage, and Distribution Systems:

• High-Temperature Fuel Cells and Electrolysis
• Ceramic-Related Materials, Devices, and Processing for Heat-to-Electricity Direct Conversion
• Material Science and Technologies for Advanced Nuclear Fission and Fusion Energy
• Advanced Batteries and Supercapacitors for Energy Storage Applications
• Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion and Storage
• High Temperature Superconductors: Materials, Technologies, and Systems

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HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYSIS

Effect of Additives on Self-Healing of Plasma Sprayed Ceramic Coatings 3
N. Sata, A. Ansar, and K. A. Friedrich

Development of Ceramic Functional Layers for Solid Oxide Cells 19
Günter Schiller, Rémi Costa, and K. Andreas Friedrich

BICU(TI)VOX as a Low/Intermediate Temperature SOFC Electrolyte: Another Look 29
Paul Fuierer, Kevin Ring, Joerg Exner, and Ralf Moos

Symbolic Analysis of Multi-Stage Electrochemical Oxidation for Enhancement of Electric Efficiency of SOFCs 41
Y. Matsuzaki, Y. Tachikawa, T. Hatae, H. Matsumoto, S. Taniguchi, and K. Sasaki

Low Temperature AC Electric Field-Assisted Sintering of Unitary Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 47
R. Muccillo, E. N. S. Muccillo, F. C. Foló