Advanced Ceramics for Energy Storage, Thermoelectrics and Photonics

Ceramic materials have long been admired and used in mechanical structures, taking advantage of their thermal and chemical stability. Some of their other properties can't be over-emphasized such as unique electrical, optical and magnetic properties that have found unprecedented applications in energy conversion and storage, communication, microelectronics, and smart devices. In the realm of electronic ceramics; ceramic materials for energy conversion and storage have seen significant advances in recent decades, which align well with rapid-paced technological development in new battery and other energy-related devices. Advanced Ceramics: Energy Storage, Thermoelectrics and Photonics describes recent progress in ceramic synthesis and applications in the areas of rechargeable batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, ferroelectrics, and thermoelectrics. Both fundamental scientific advancements and technological breakthroughs in terms of new ceramic chemistries, new synthesis methodologies, and new applications are discussed in detail. The latest developments in advanced electrodes, ionic conductors, catalysts, and thermoelectric ceramics and their applications are also covered. With its focus on energy-related applications, the book will be a valuable reference resource for new researchers, academics, and postgraduate students who are interested in delving deeper into energy-related materials research, in particular, the areas of electronic and optical ceramics and their potential applications. Covers three key areas of ceramics science: electrochemical energy conversion, thermoelectrics and photonics An entire section that explains the fundamental theory that lies behind new ceramic chemistries and synthesis methodologies Complex perspectives are explained such as solid electrolytes and the coupling between thermal and electric phenomena and optical properties as well as electrodes, ionic conductors, catalysts, thermoelectric ceramics and their applications Discusses challenges that new ceramic technology is currently facing and the potential solutions for commercial success INDICE: Part 1: Fundamentals of Electronic Ceramics 1. Underlying physics of electronic ceramics 2. Processing of Ceramics 3. Typical crystalline structures in ceramics Part 2: Ceramics for electrochemical energy conversion and storage 4. Ceramics for Lithium Positive Electrode 5. Solid state electrolytes (oxides, glass ceramics) 6. Polymer-ceramic hybrid electrolytes 7. Ceramics for capacitor 8. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 9. Ceramic separators for application in microbial fuel cells: a new class of low-cost cation exchange membrane Part 3: Thermoelectrics 10. Fundamentals of Thermoelectrics 11. Synthesis of thermoelectric ceramics 12. Characterizations of thermoelectric ceramics 13. High-performance thermoelectric ceramics and applications Part 4: Ceramics for photonics 14. Fundamentals of ceramics for photonics applications 15. Ceramics phosphor powders 16. Luminescent glass ceramics and applications 17. Luminescent Transparent ceramics and applications

• ISBN: 978-0-323-90761-3
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 510
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés