Electroceramics in Japan XIV

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).The major topics covered by this special collection include dielectrics, piezoelectric ceramics, ferroelectrics, lead-free piezoelectric ceramics, Li-ion battery-related materials, secondary batteries, solid oxide fuel cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, the properties and processing of thin films, magnetic ceramics, semiconducting ceramics, sensors and ceramic science and processing.

The microstructures of the materials considered also ranged from single crystals to bulk ceramics, to thin films and finally to nanocrystals; thus providing a complete overview of the subject.The 78 papers, out of 101 presented, cover dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric ceramics; lead-free piezoelectric ceramics; lithium-ion battery related materials; other batteries and energy related materials; thin film processing and properties; magnetic and semiconductor ceramics; sensors and ceramic science; and processing ceramics.

The topics include preparing potassium niobate-barium titanate ceramics using well-dispersed nanoparticles and their dielectric properties, lithium intercalation properties of lithium tetratitanate obtained by nanosheet process, characterizing samarium-doped ceria powders having high specific surface areas synthesized by carbon-assisted spray pyrolysis,planarizing a zinc oxide surface and evaluating the processing damage, he low-temperature preparation and optical hydrogen response of paladium/tatania composite film, and fabricating artificial superlattices using perovskite nanosheets.