Narottam P. Bansal, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where he has conducted research on glasses, ceramics, and composites since 1985. In addition to publishing more than 230 papers, Dr. Bansal holds seven patents and is the author or editor of five books and 32 conference proceedings.

• Preface ix Introduction xiSOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLSEffects of TiO2 Addition on Microstructure and Ionic Conductivity of Gadolinia-Doped Ceria Solid Electrolyte 3M. C. F. Dias and E. N. S. MuccilloEffect of Specific Surface Area and Particle Size Distribution on the Densification of Gadolinium Doped Ceria 13K. Paciejewska, A. Weber, S. Kühn, and M. KleberStudy on Sintering and Stability Issues of BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3-Electrolyte for SOFCs 21Armin Vahid Mohammadi and Zhe ChengSintering, Mechanical, Electrical and Oxidation Properties of Ceramic Intermetallic TiC-Ti3Al Composites from Nano-TiC Particles 31Zhezhen Fu, Kanchan Mondal, and Rasit KocCharacteristics of Protective LSM Coatings on Cr-Contained Steels used as Metallic Interconnectors of Intermediated Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 45Chun-Liang Chang, Chang-sing Hwang, Chun-Huang Tsai, Sheng-Fu Yang, Wei-Ja Shong, Zong-Yang Jhuang-Shie, and Te-Jung Daron HuangElectrical and Microstructural Evolutions of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Coated Ferritic Stainless Steels after Long-Term Aging at 800°C 57Chien-Kuo Liu, Peng Yang, Wei-Ja Shong, Ruey-Yi Lee, and Jin-Yu WuStructural and Electrochemical Performance Stability of Perovskite–Fluorite Composite for High Temperature Electrochemical Devices 67Sapna Gupta and Prabhakar SinghDurability of Lanthanum Strontium Cobalt Ferrite ((La0.60Sr0.40)0.95(Co0.20Fe0.80)O3-x) Cathodes in CO2 and H2O Containing Air 75Boxun Hu, Manoj K. Mahapatra, Vinit Sharma, Rampi Ramprasad, Nguyen Minh, Scott Misture, and Prabhakar SinghFabrication of the Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Composite Cathodes and the Performance Evaluation upon Long-Term Operation 83Tai-Nan Lin, Yang-Chuang Chang, Maw-Chwain Lee, and Ruey-yi LeeDevelopment of Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells using Hydrocarbon Fuels 93Hirofumi Sumi, Hiroyuki Shimada, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Koichi Hamamoto, Toshio Suzuki, and Yoshinobu FujishiroHighly Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer and Sabatier System 105Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Tim Curry, Christie Iacomini, and John OlenickSINGLE CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS FOR ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL APPLICATIONSThe Effects of Excess Silicon and Carbon in SiC Source Materials on SiC Single Crystal Growth in Physical Vapor Transport Method 117Tatsuo Fujimoto, Masashi Nakabayashi, Hiroshi Tsuge, Masakazu Katsuno, Shinya Sato, Shoji Uhsio, Komomo Tani, Hirokastu Yashiro, Hosei Hirano, and Takayuki YanoRecent Progress of GaN Substrates Manufactured by VAS Method 129Takehiro Yoshida, Takayuki Suzuki, Toshio Kitamura, Yukio Abe, Hajime Fujikura, Masatomo Shibata, and Toshiya SaitoCoilable Single Crystal Fibers of Doped-YAG for High Power Applications 139B. Ponting, E. Gebremichael, R. Magana, and G. MaxwellHydrothermal Crystal Growth and Applications 151M. Prakasam, O. Viraphong, O. Cambon, and A. LargeteauReactive Atmospheres for Oxide Crystal Growth 157Detlef Klimm, Steffen Ganschow, Zbigniew Galazka, Rainer Bertram, Detlev Schulz, and Reinhard UeckerDiscussion on Polycrystals over Single Crystals for Optical Devices 169Mythili Prakasam and Alain LargeteauTerahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Application to Non-Destructive Quality Evaluation of Industrial Crystalline Materials 177S. Nishizawa, T. Nagashima, M. W. Takeda, and K. ShimamuraAuthor Index 187