Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Recent Research Activities for Future Challenges in Global Energy and Environment in Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (TCRDL) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPACT AND HIGH REPETITION (10HZ) LASER NUCLEAR FUSION -- COMPACT SOLAR-PUMPED LASER -- SOLAR CELLS -- Dye-sensitized Solar Cells -- Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Film Solar Cells -- The Third Generation Solar Cells -- ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF FORMIC ACID FROM CO2 AND H2O ONLY USING SUNLIGHT -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY -- Structural and Electrical Characterization of PrxCe0.95.xGd0.05O2-δ (0.15≤ x ≤ 0.40) as Cathode Materials for Low Temperature SOFC -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Solid Oxide Metal-Air Batteries for Advanced Energy Storage -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF REVIEW ON THE RSOFCS AND HYDROGEN CHEMICAL LOOPING -- WORKING PRINCIPLE AND KEY FEATURES OF THE NEW BATTERY -- SELECTION OF REDOX COUPLE ENERGY STORAGE UNIT -- CYCLING PERFORMANCES AT 800°C AND 550°C -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Fabrication of CeO2/Al Multilayer Thin Films and the Thermal Behavior -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULT AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DIRECT THERMAL TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS -- Reduced Strontium Titanate Thermoelectric Materials -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES -- Densification and Properties of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide (FTO) Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS.

Densification and Sintering Behaviors of FTO powders -- Phase Compositions and Microstructure of FTO ceramics -- Electrical Properties of FTO Ceramics -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Interfacial Character and Electronic Passivation in Amorphous Thin-Film Alumina for Si Photovoltaics -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL METHODS -- Material Deposition -- Thermal Processing -- Electronic Characterization -- Structural Characterization -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CERAMICS FOR NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR ENERGY -- SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR Pre-Composite Ribbon Design and Fabrication -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- Concept and Fabrication of the PCR -- Fabrication of Preforms with the PCR -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Concept and Fabrication of the PCR -- Fabrication of Preform using the PCR -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative Light Water Reactor - Compatibility with High Temperature Pressurized Water -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PLAN OF COMPATIBILITY TEST IN PROJECT SCARLET -- THE COMPATIBILITY PRE-TEST -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR-Concept and Process Development of Fuel Pin Assembly Technologies -- ABSTRUCT -- INTRODUCTION -- NITE SiC/SiC CLADDING FABRICATION -- Pre-composite ribbon -- Intermediate densification process -- FUEL PIN ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGIES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- "INSPIRE" Project for R&D of SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Method -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INNOVATIVE SiC FUEL PIN RESEARCH -- "INSPIRE" Project -- Objectives -- Task and Outputs -- Accomplishments for Japanese Fiscal Year 2012 -- The Current Project Plan.

JOINING OF ZIRCALOY END CAP TO SiC/SiC FUEL CLADDING -- Preliminary Results of X-ray CT Analysis -- THE CURRENT PLAN OF HALDEN REACTOR IRRADIATION -- Test Rig to be Applied -- Test Rods -- In-reactor Operation -- THE FUTURE PLAN AND "SCARLET" PROJECT -- CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgments -- References -- SiC/SiC Fuel Cladding by NITE Process for Innovative LWR-Cladding Forming Process Development -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Effect of WIP treatment on tubular preform -- Effect of HRPF treatment on tubular preform -- Effect of the multi-stage preform forming process on tubular preform -- SiC/SiC tube after HIP'ing and machining -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- ADVANCES IN PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS -- Preparation of Brookite-Type Titanium Oxide Nanocrystal by Hydrothermal Synthesis -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULT AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Effect of Atmosphere on Crystallisation Kinetics and Phase Relations in Electrospun TiO2 Nanofibres -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- Material Synthesis -- In Situ High-Temperature Synchrotron Radiation Diffraction -- Scanning Electron Microscopy -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Microstructures of Electrospun TiO2 Nanofibres -- Effect of Atmosphere -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Electronic and Optical Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Layered Manganese Oxides -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPUTATIONAL DETAILS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CERAMICS ENABLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: CLEAN AIR AND WATER -- Understanding the Effect of Dynamic Feed Conditions on Water Recovery from IC Engine Exhaust by Capillary Condensation with Inorganic Membranes -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL.

Membranes -- Lab-Scale Experiments -- Diesel Generator Experiments -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Lab-Scale Measurements of Membrane Water Recovery -- Modeling the Impact of Membrane Length -- Membrane Water Recovery from the Diesel Exhaust -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Reliability of Ceramic Membranes of BSCF for Oxygen Separation in a Pilot Membrane Reactor -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MANUFACTURING AND JOINING OF MEMBRANE TUBES -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS -- Quality assurance -- Strength measurements -- 4. PILOT MODULE -- 5. RESULTS -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS -- In Situ Experimentation with Batteries using Neutron and Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DETECTORS -- TIME-RESOLUTION -- SOME RECENT RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Electrochemical Performance of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 Lithium Polymer Battery Based on PVDF-HFP/m-SBA15 Composite Polymer Membranes -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 2.1 Preparation of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode material -- 2.2 Preparation of composite PVDF-HFP/m-SBA15 polymer membrane -- 2.3 Characterization of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 and SBA15 powders and the composite membranes -- 2.3 Electrochemical performance measurements -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 6. REFERENCES -- GLASSES AND CERAMICS FOR NUCLEAR AND HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT -- Borosilicate Glass Foams from Glass Packaging Residues -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Durability of Simulated UK High Level Waste Glass Compositions Based on Recent Vitrification Campaigns -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND.

Recent WVP Campaign Glass Compositions -- Heel Residue Glass -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Recent WVP Campaign Glasses -- Heel Residue Glasses -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- Scaled Melter Testing of Noble Metals Behavior with Japanese HLW Streams -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DM100 TEST METHODS -- DM100 YELLOW PHASE MITIGATION TESTS -- DM100 NOBLE METALS TESTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Suppression of Yellow Phase Formation during Japanese HLW Vitrification -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- YELLOW PHASE FORMATION -- SCREENING TESTS -- SCREENING TESTS RESULTS -- Original Feed Blend -- High Waste Loading Formulation -- SMALL-SCALE MELTER TESTS -- DM10 Melter System -- Original Feed Blend -- High Waste Loading Formulation -- NOBLE METAL IMPACT ON YELLOW PHASE FORMATION -- Yellow Phase Formation in NM-Bearing and NM-Surrogate Feed Blends -- Association of Yellow Phase Formation with Ru, Rh or Pd -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Cold Crucible Vitrification of Hanford HLW Surrogates in Aluminum-Iron-Phosphate Glass -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- Glass compositions and lab-scale tests -- Small-scale cold crucible test -- Bench-scale cold crucible test -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Hafnium and Samarium Speciation in Vitrified Radioactive Incinerator Slag -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Author Index.