This issue contains 13 papers from The American Ceramic Society s 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014 presented in Symposium 3 - 12th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Materials, Science, and Technology.

This issue contains 13 papers from The American CeramicSociety's 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramicsand Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014presented in Symposium 3 - 12th International Symposium on SolidOxide Fuel Cells: Materials, Science, and Technology.

Preface viiIntroduction ixSOFC as the Central Control and Essential Supply of a Plant Factory AKA Vertical Farming 1Ling-yuan Tseng, Shun-yu Wang, Vincent Chang, Ming-fu Chu, and Terry T.T. ChenHigh-Temperature Direct Fuel Cell Material Experience 9Chao-Yi Yuh and Mohammad FarooqueRecoverable Performance of Plasma-Sprayed Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 23Chang-Sing Hwang, Chun-Huang Tsai, Chun-Liang Chang, Chih-Ming Chuang, Sheng-Fu Yang, Shih-Wei Cheng, Zong-Yang Chuang Shie, and Ruey-Yi LeeInvestigation of Carbon Deposition Behavior on Ferritic Alloys in Low S/C Ratio using Direct Heating Method 33Takuya Ito, Kenjiro Fujita, Yoshio Matsuzaki, Mitsutoshi Ueda, and Toshio MaruyamaInteraction of Perovskite Type Lanthanum-Calcium-Chromites-Titanates La1-xCaxCr1-yTiyO3-_ with Solid Electrolyte Materials 44Charif Belda, Egle Dietzen, Mihails Kusnezoff, Nikolai Trofimenko, Uladimir Vashook, Alexander Michaelis, and Ulrich GuthSynthesis of SmBa0.5Sr0.5Co2O5+_ Powder and Its Application as Composite Cathode for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 55Tai-Nan Lin, Maw-Chwain Lee, and Ruey-yi LeeCharacterization and Performance of a High-Temperature Glass Sealant for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 65Chien-Kuo Liu, Ruey-Yi Lee, Kun-Chao Tsai, Szu-Han Wu, and Kin-Fu LinAdjustment of Process Parameters for Attaining a Dense Gadolinium-Doped Ceria Layer for the Production of Microtubular SOFC Cells 77K. Paciejewska, S. Kühn, and S. MnichStability Testing Beyond 1000 Hours of Solid Oxide Cells under Steam Electrolysis Operation 87Josef Schefold and Annabelle BrisseLow Temperature Operable Micro-Tubular SOFCs using Gd Doped Ceria Electrolyte and Ni Based Anode 97Toshio Suzuki, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Sumi, Koichi Hamamoto, and Yoshinobu FujishiroFabrication and Characterization of a Micro-Reformer Unit Fully Integrated in Silicon for Ethanol Conversion 105D. Pla, M. Salleras, I. Garbayo, A. Morata, N. Sabaté, N.J. Divins, J. Llorca, and A. TarancónHigh-Temperature Long-Term Stable Ordered Mesoporous Electrodes for IT-SOFC 111Laura Almar, Marc Torrell, Alex Morata, Lluís Yedra, Sonia Estradé, Francesca Peiró, Teresa Andreu, and Albert TarancónAuthor Index 117