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.

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.

Preface ixIntroduction xiCARBON MATERIALS AND FUEL CERAMICSIrradiation-Induced Dimensional Change and Fracture Behavior ofC/C Composites for VHTR Application 3Junya Sumita, Taiju Shibata, Kazuhiro Sawa, Ichiro Fujita, JunOhashi, Kentaro Takizawa, W. Kim, and J. ParkR&D and Irradiation Plans for New Nuclear Grade Graphitesfor Application to VHTR 13Kentaro Takizawa, Kazuyuki Kakehashi, Toshiaki Fukuda, TohruKida, Kazuhiro Sawa, Junya Sumita, Yutai Katoh, and Lance L.SneadCRYSTALLINE, AMORPHOUS, AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR WASTEIMMOBILIZATIONFunctionalized Silica Aerogels: Advanced Materials to Captureand 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 Encapsulation41T. Zhang, L. J. Vandeperre, and C. CheesemanFUEL CERAMICS AND IRRADIATION EFFECTSMicrostructural Analysis of Secondary Phases in Silicon CarbideFabricated with SiC Nano-Powder and Sintering Additives 53Takaaki Koyanagi, Sosuke Kondo, and Tatsuya HinokiMeasurements of Irradiation Creep Strain in Silicon CarbideIrradiated 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 bySilicides Compounds and Local Heating 73Elodie Jacques, Laurence Maille, Yann Lepetitcorps, ChristopheLorrette, and Cedric SauderJoining of NITE SiC/SiC Composite and Tungsten for NuclearApplications 85H. Kishimoto, T. Abe, T. Shibayama, J. S. Park, H. C. Jung, Y.Kohno, and A. KohyamaPROCESSINGIntegrated R & D of SiC Matrix Ceramic Composites forEnergy/Environmental Application 95Akira Kohyama, Y. Kohno, H. Kishimoto, J. S. Park, H. C. Jungand K. ShimodaEffects of Two-Step Sintering on Densification and Performanceof Near-Net Shaped NITE-SiC/SiC Composites 103N. Nakazato, H. Kishimoto, K. Shimoda, Y. Kohno, and A.KohyamaCERAMICS FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION, STORAGE, ANDDISTRIBUTIONCeramic Processing for Dense Magnesium Diboride 111C. E. J. Dancer, R. I. Todd, and C. R. M. GrovenorInvestigation on Phase Transformation ofYBCO-ln2O3 Composite Superconductor Cooled Down via DifferentRoutes 121Y. M. Z. Ahmed., M. S. Hassan, and H. Abd-ElatifMorphologies and Electrochemical Capacitor Behaviors ofCo(OH)2/Polyaniline Composite Films 141Hiroshi Itahara and Tetsuro KobayashiOptimization of Spark-Plasma-Sintering Conditions for MaximizingFigure of Merit of La-Doped SrTiO3 151Asami Kikuchi, Sidney Lin, Noriyuki Okinaka, and TomohiroAkiyamaADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR RECHARGEABLEBATTERIESDesign of (Thio) Phosphates for High Performance Lithium IonBatteries 161Stefan Adams, Rayavarapu Prasada RaoLithium Ion Conductive Solid Electrolyte with Porous/DenseBi-Layer Structure for All Solid State Battery 177Kiyoshi Kanamura, Ryo Oosone, Hirokazu Munakata, and MasashiKotobukiAutogenic Reactions for Fabricating Lithium Battery ElectrodeMaterials 185Vilas G. Pol and M. M. ThackerayAuthor Index 195