Advanced Ceramics

The book "Advanced Ceramics" offers a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of advanced ceramics, including their stages of development, types, and classifications. It covers advanced processing techniques, properties, sintering processes, and new forms of applications. Specific examples such as alumina, zirconia, Mg-Al spinels, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, ceramic composites, and thin films are presented in detail, including their specific applications. Furthermore, the progress in research on perovskite ceramics is discussed, with an in-depth examination of synthesis, processing, characterization, and advanced applications. The book also highlights developments in perovskite solar cells, the main factors affecting their stability, as well as current issues and development perspectives in the research and application of this technology. Additionally, special classes of nanostructured mixed metal oxides based on rare earths are addressed, including their production methods and properties. The solar-photocatalytic applications of these nanostructures are also discussed.