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Fig. 1 Number of scienti c
database entries per
publication year for the search
queries “ ceramics and
environment ” and “ ceramics
and energy ” (Source Scopus
scientific database, Elsevier
B.V. Search conducted
August 2014)

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ceramics for the years 2010 del et al. 2009 ). This attention has led to rise

in research and development activity including an increasing number of scienti

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publications (Fig. 1 ). A large number of initiatives and funding programs by
governmental and non-governmental agencies have been developed. Examples are
the Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability initiative of the US
National Science Foundation with emphasis areas such as Sustainable Chemistry,
Engineering, and Materials (Madsen and White 2014 ) and numerous initiatives on
renewable energy and energy ef

ciency by the Chinese National Science Program.

Another high-pro le example of the importance of this area is the allocation of a

total budget of 8.8 billion on the challenges Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy as

well as Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials as
de

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ned within the Horizon 2020 Framework for research and innovation of the
European Commission for the time period of 2014 2020.

In addition to conventional uses of ceramics in energy- and environment-related
areas, a large number of novel applications have emerged utilizing ceramic mate-
rials. This section gives an overview of both conventional and novel applications of
ceramics in a wide variety of energy and environmental systems (Fig. 2 ), with the
primary focus on developments within the last decade.

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1.1.1 Emerging Energy Conversion Approaches

Ceramics have been a core class of materials in the energy sector, with a wide
variety of applications in energy conversion, storage, distribution, and energy
conservation and ef

field of emerging energy conversion, the use of
advanced ceramics as components in fuel cells has been of major interest, both
scienti

ciency. In the

cally and economically. In addition, ceramic materials are also utilized or
being developed to perform a number of approaches including thermoelectric