Materials for Energy Infrastructure

"This book presents contributions to the topics of materials for energy infrastructure with a focus on data and informatics for materials. This spectrum of topics has been chosen because challenges in terms of materials are identified to lie in transport and storage of energy, adequate supply of food and water, well-working infrastructure, materials for medical application and health, efficient use of scarce resources or elements and alternate materials solutions as well as recycling. The contributions were invited at the 4th WMRIF Young Materials Scientist Workshop held at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, USA during September 8-10, 2014"--OhioLink Library Catalog Front Matter....Pages i-viii Field-Based Simulations of Nanostructured Polyelectrolyte Gels....Pages 1-9 Investigations on the Redox Performance of Pure and Doped CeO2 by Comparing Solid State Reaction and Pechini Synthesis....Pages 11-20 Numerical Investigations on Hydrogen-Assisted Cracking (HAC) in Duplex Stainless Steels....Pages 21-31 Size Effect on the Electrodeposited Nickel Investigated by Micro-compression Test....Pages 33-41 Thermoelectric Transport from First-Principles—Biphenyl-Based Single-Molecule Junctions....Pages 43-51 Evolution of Fe-Intermetallic Compounds in the Semi-Solid State of Al–Mg–Si–Fe Alloys....Pages 53-62 Imaging ToF-SIMS as a Chemical Metrology Tool to Support Material and Analytical Science....Pages 63-72 Environmental Stability of Organic Semiconductors for Use in Optoelectronic Devices....Pages 73-81 Spinel MnCo2O4 and Spinel-Nanocarbon Hybrids as Bifunctional Catalysts for Alternating Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions....Pages 83-91 Monte Carlo Study of Alloy Structures in Bulk and Nanostructured Systems....Pages 93-100 Microdefects Modeling in Germanium Single Crystals....Pages 101-111 The Influence of Temperature and Ventilation Conditions on Combustion Products of Polymers and on Smoke Toxicity....Pages 113-124