Ceramics for Environmental and Energy Applications

Aldo Roberto Boccaccini (born 2 September 1962 in San Rafael, Argentina) is a nuclear engineer and material scientist. He is currently a Professor of Biomaterials and Head of the Institute of Biomaterials at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. Boccaccini studied 2 years of electromechanical engineering at Universidad Tecnologica Nacional, in San Rafael, Argentina, and earned his engineering degree in Nuclear Engineering at Instituto Balseiro, S. C. de Bariloche, Argentina in 1987. He then moved to Germany and carried out his doctoral studies at RWTH Aachen, where he earned his doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing) in 1994. He then held postdoctoral positions in the UK at University of Birmingham, School of Metallurgy and Materials and in the USA, University of California, San Diego. In 2000 Boccaccini joined the Department of Materials at Imperial College London [1] (UK) and then returned to Germany in 2007 to complete his Habilitation at Technical University Ilmenau. Since 2009 he is working at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as Chair and Head of the Institute of Biomaterials.

• Preface ixIntroduction xiGLASSES AND CERAMICS FOR NUCLEAR AND HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENTDevelopment of Glass Compositions to Immobilize Alkali, Alkaline Earth, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Fission Products from Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing 3J. C. Marra and A. L. Billings, J. V. Crum, J. V. Ryan, and J. D. ViennaCastable Glass and Glass-Ceramics from DC Plasma Treatment of Air Pollution Control Residues 11D. Amutha Rani, J. A. Roether, D.E. Deegan, C. R. Cheeseman, and A. R. BoccacciniXAFS of Pu L„i Edge in LaBS Glass 17S. V. Stefanovsky, A. G. Ptashkin, A. A. Shiryaev, J. V. Zubavitchus, A. A. Veligjanin, J. C. Marra, and M. V. ChukalinaPhase Formation Studies Using X-Ray Diffraction and Infrared Spectroscopy in the Vitrification of Savannah River Site SB4 HLW Sludge Surrogate with High Iron and Aluminum Contents at High Waste Loadings 25O. I. Stefanovsky, S. V. Stefanovsky, D. Y. Suntsov, A. A. Akatov, and J. C. MarraDevelopment of Waste Forms for Radioactive Iodine 35Terry J. Garino, Tina M. Nenoff, James L. Krumhansl and David X. RademacherCaM004 in a Molybdenum Rich Borosilicate Glass-Ceramic: A Spectroscopic Study 43Clément Mendoza, Gérard Panczer, Dominique de Ligny, Isabelle Bardez-Giboire, Sophie Schuller, and Sylvain PeugetGlass-Ceramic Stoneware as a Promising Application for Waste Glasses 57E. Bernardo, L. Esposito, E. Rambaldi, and A.TucciSOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGYLow Temperature Hydrogen Release from Borontetrahydride- Sodalite and Its Reloading: Observations in ln-situ and Ex-situ TIR Experiments 65C. H. Rüscher, F. Stemme, L. Schomborg, and J.-Chr. BuhlSynthesis and Characterization in the New System Bi2(AI/Ga)40g and 180/160 Exchange Experiments 71T. Debnath, C. H. Rüscher, P. Fielitz, S. Ohmann, and G. BorchardtMicrostructure of Sm-Doped Ceria Interlayer and the Impedance of LaSrCoFeOa/SDC/LAMOX Half Cell 79Yu-Chen Chen, Hun-Chieh Chang, Dah-Shyang Tsai, Wen-Hung Chung , and Minh-Vien LeCERAMICS FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTIONEnvironmental Impact Evaluation of Ceramics Using Exergy Analysis 95Hideki Kita, Hideki Hyuga, and Naoki KondoThe Dynamic Characteristics of Ultrasonic Therapeutic Transducers Using Lead-Free Na05K05Nb03 Based Ceramics 105Ming-Ru Yang, Sheng-Yuan Chu, Cheng-Che Tsai, Cheng-Shong Hong, and Chih-Lung LinDirect In-Situ Growth of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon Carbide Particles as a Precursor for Fabricating Silicon Carbide-Carbon Nanotube Composites 117Amit Datye, Kuang-Hsi Wu, George Gomes, Latha Kumari, Wenzhi Li, and Hua-Tay LinPHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALSEffect of Functional Coatings on Topographical Properties of Glass 131Minna Piispanen, Mikko Aromaa, Jyrki M. Mäkelä, and Leena HupaSkin Damage by Different Shapes of Photocatalyst Nanoparticles 141Eiji Watanabe, Kaoru Nishizawa, Takeshi Miki, and Hiroshi TaodaCharacterization of Crystallized Ti02 Film by Post Plasma Treatment 149Toshiya Watanabe, Yukinobu Yokota, Naoya Yoshida, Yuko Shibayama, and Hisashi OhsakiDIRECT THERMAL TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION MATERIALS Thermoelectric Properties of Oxygen Deficient La2-xSrxCu04.s Ceramics 163Julio E. RodriguezAuthor Index 171