{"title":"A review on atomically modified materials by atomic layer deposition for wastewater treatment","authors":"Asif Jan, Melike Begum Tanis-Kanbur, Luuk C. Rietveld, Sebastiaan G.J. Heijman","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100780","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100780","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing global water crisis necessitates advanced wastewater treatment technologies capable of addressing complex contaminants. Adsorbents and membrane technologies provide viable solutions for wastewater treatment, and their performance can be significantly enhanced through surface modification by atomic layer deposition (ALD). ALD enables nanoscale engineering of materials, offering unprecedented control over surface chemistry, pore structure, and functional properties for improved wastewater treatment efficiency. This review critically examines the advancements in ALD-modified membranes and adsorbents for industrial wastewater treatment, highlighting how ALD enhances adsorption kinetics and selectivity in adsorbents, improves hydrophilicity and antifouling behavior in polymeric membranes, and enhances chemical and mechanical stability in ceramic membranes. Despite these advantages, challenges remain in adoption of ALD in wastewater treatment. Future research should focus on optimizing ALD process parameters and exploring synergies with emerging water purification strategies. The continued development of ALD presents a promising pathway towards more efficient and sustainable wastewater treatment solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100780"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143899307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100779
Martina Šídlová , Rostislav Šulc
{"title":"Thermal stability of hydraulic non-cement binder prepared from FBC ash","authors":"Martina Šídlová , Rostislav Šulc","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100779","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100779","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The thermal stability of a non-cement sulfocalcic binder (SCB) prepared from FBC ash was studied at 80 °C, 200 °C and 600 °C for 90 days and compared with the thermal stability of OPC. All the test bodies produced from SCB pastes had been pretreated in a humidity chamber for 28 days. The SCB was found to be stable in terms of strength at temperatures of up to 80 °C. At a temperature of 200 °C, ettringite in the SCB disintegrated and its strength dropped by about 27 % in the initial hours of the experiment, after which the strength of the SCB became stable. At a temperature of 600 °C, the strength of the SCB was seen to drop again by about 46 %. However, in the long term, the SCB at 600 °C appeared more stable when compared to OPC, which can be attributed to the presence of C-A-S-H phase.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100779"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-04-11DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100776
T. Ibn-Mohammed , N. Bhanot , A.H. Mohammed , C.E.J. Dancer , K. Kirwan
{"title":"An ISM-based approach to overcoming barriers to adopting next-generation processing and computing technologies in the ceramics and glass manufacturing industries","authors":"T. Ibn-Mohammed , N. Bhanot , A.H. Mohammed , C.E.J. Dancer , K. Kirwan","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100776","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100776","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Next-generation processing and computing technologies (NGPTs), being new platforms that provide high energy efficiency and process intensification, are touted as key decarbonisation enablers in the ceramic and glass manufacturing sectors, but there are adoption barriers to overcome. Through a critical literature review and thematic analysis of ceramics and glass stakeholders’ interviews and workshop data, twelve consolidated barriers were identified, broadly grouped into economic, organisational, external & regulatory, and operational & technological factors. The Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) technique was adopted to deepen the understanding of the contextual interactions and interdependencies among the barriers, structuring them into seven hierarchical layers. This ISM output was further complemented with a MICMAC analysis to determine the dependence and driving powers of the barriers. Regulatory ambiguity alongside a lack of digital strategy were established to be the two most influential barriers, with knock-on effects on the remaining ones, in the interplay between NGPTs adoption and digital transformation towards net-zero, in both sectors. The results offer uniquely useful policy insights and practical managerial levers for ceramics and glass stakeholders regarding targeted intervention options prioritisation when designing response strategies for overcoming the barriers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100776"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143890687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100774
Petra Šimonová , Eva Gregorová , Willi Pabst , Daria Viazun , Petr Bezdička
{"title":"Temperature dependence of Young's modulus of kaolin-based silicate ceramics with mullite addition","authors":"Petra Šimonová , Eva Gregorová , Willi Pabst , Daria Viazun , Petr Bezdička","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100774","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100774","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The temperature dependence of Young's modulus of kaolin-based silicate ceramics with mullite addition fired at 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 and 1500 °C is investigated using the impulse excitation technique (IET). A minimum is observed at around 1200 °C, followed by a steep increase to ∼120 GPa and a stepwise discontinuity at ∼1270 °C to final values of 60–70 GPa, which are retained up to 1500 °C. This peculiar behavior can be explained by the assumption that the glass melt is able to heal pre-existent microcracks and the softening of the glass phase leads to a splitting of the resonant frequency peak, i.e. a decoupling of the flexural vibrations of the interconnected mullite skeleton (67–75 wt. %) and the interskeletal glassy phase (24–28 wt. %), which finally leads to a discontinuity when the mullite crystals become disconnected and the microstructure of the material changes from bicontinuous to matrix-inclusion type.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100774"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143767648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmentally friendly water-based robocasting of complex barium titanate structures","authors":"Larissa Wahl , David Köllner , Michelle Weichelt , Nahum Travitzky , Tobias Fey","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100773","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100773","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, barium titanate structures (e.g., cellular and monolithic) were fabricated by robocasting, which is an extrusion-based additive manufacturing process in which shear-thinning pastes are deposited. An environmentally friendly water-based paste was investigated and printed layerwise to achieve the desired structure. After sintering, a relative density of 97 % was obtained, and the mechanical and physical properties of the printed samples were investigated. The flexural strength of ∼40 MPa and the hardness of ∼3 GPa of the fabricated samples are comparable to literature data. Additionally, the piezoelectric coefficient d<sub>33</sub> of the structures was measured. With values of around 200 pC/N, both monolithic and cellular samples show good results without the need for further densification. Despite the high porosity of the cellular structures, they show high piezoelectric coefficients, which opens up several new application fields and shows the importance of combining additive manufacturing and piezoelectric ceramics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100773"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143725467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-03-21DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100772
Valdir Pereira Junior , Priscila Lemes , Murilo Daniel de Mello Innocentini , Mara Gabriela Novy Quadri , Dachamir Hotza , Sergio Yesid Gómez González
{"title":"Manufacturing-Driven Insights into Structure, Mechanics, and Permeability of Asymmetric LSCF Membranes via Freeze Casting and Tape Casting","authors":"Valdir Pereira Junior , Priscila Lemes , Murilo Daniel de Mello Innocentini , Mara Gabriela Novy Quadri , Dachamir Hotza , Sergio Yesid Gómez González","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100772","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100772","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The performance of dense membranes is influenced by both material properties and design features, with thinner membranes exhibiting faster transport rates than thicker ones. However, mechanical limitations restrict the use of standalone thin membranes. A hierarchical structure approach is proposed to address this issue, consisting of a thin, dense layer supported by a porous substrate that provides mechanical strength. The porous support is engineered through microstructuring the pore architecture to enhance strength and permeation rates, as it governs overall oxygen transport in asymmetric membranes. This study combines freeze casting and tape casting to fabricate asymmetric LSCF membranes. The porous supports were manufactured using freeze casting, studying the effects of the freezing method, solids load, and binder concentration systematically evaluated through experimental design. The interaction between these variables and their impact on mechanical properties, porosity, and permeability was thoroughly analyzed. The freezing method significantly altered pore directionality, connectivity, stress strength, fracture strain, and permeability. While standalone dense membranes exhibited low mechanical strength, the porous support demonstrated up to 13-fold mechanical strength. The dense, thin membrane, produced by tape casting, was successfully coupled with the porous support, with no cracking or delamination observed at the interface after deposition and co-sintering.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100772"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143725466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-03-17DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100771
Liudmila Fischer , Nawar Haddad , Ke Ran , Stefan Baumann , Doris Sebold , Joachim Mayer , Jürgen Dornseiffer , Arian Nijmeijer , Olivier Guillon , Wilhelm A. Meulenberg
{"title":"Novel dual-phase Ce0.8Gd0.2O2−δ – Gd1-xCexFe1-yCoyO3 composite oxygen transport membrane","authors":"Liudmila Fischer , Nawar Haddad , Ke Ran , Stefan Baumann , Doris Sebold , Joachim Mayer , Jürgen Dornseiffer , Arian Nijmeijer , Olivier Guillon , Wilhelm A. Meulenberg","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100771","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100771","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Oxygen Transport Membranes with mixed oxygen ionic-electronic conductivity are investigated for in-situ oxygen separation in various processes such as oxy-combustion or catalytic membrane reactors enabling process intensification. Dual-phase composite membranes are of high interest due to the opportunity selecting thermo-chemical stable phases conducting oxygen ions and electrons separately. Recently, we reported a novel composite utilizing a donor doped gadolinium ferrite Gd<sub>0.85</sub>Ce<sub>0.15</sub>Fe<sub>0.75</sub>Co<sub>0.25</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as electronic conductor. Here, the composition of this perovskite system is systematically varied and its structural as well as functional properties are investigated. Moreover, the option of a cobalt-free composition is investigated.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100771"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143681919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100766
Matteo Mor , Simone Taraborelli , Diletta Sciti
{"title":"Production and characterization of conical shaped ultra-high temperature ceramics matrix composites by slip casting and pressure-less sintering","authors":"Matteo Mor , Simone Taraborelli , Diletta Sciti","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100766","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100766","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the fabrication and characterization of cone shaped fibre reinforced ultra-high-temperature ceramic matrix composites (UHTCMCs) based on ZrB<sub>2</sub>, using slip casting and pressure-less sintering at 2100 °C in Ar. For the sake of comparison, the same process was used for production of bulk ZrB₂-based cones. The slip casting technique effectively ensured a homogeneous fibre distribution in the sample. The addition of fibres imparted a sufficient mechanical resistance to the green bodies and led to near no shrinkage during densification, achieving a lightweight conical structure with a density of 1 g/cm<sup>3</sup>. Despite the high content of porosity, the cones survived two consecutive oxidation tests at 1650 °C for 1 and 3 min. Overall, slip casting proved to be a viable method for producing UHTCMCs with complex shapes and oxidation resistance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100766"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143642805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the gas phase formation of silicon carbide during reactive melt infiltration of carbon substrates","authors":"Manikanda Priya Prakasan, Tobias Schneider, Dietmar Koch","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100767","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100767","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbon-Carbon composites with protective Silicon Carbide surface (C/C-SiC) are well-known for their exceptional heat and oxidation resistance. Reactive Melt Infiltration (RMI) is employed to impart oxidation resistance to these composites by transforming the carbon matrix surface into silicon carbide. Successful infiltration yields dense-grey SiC, while unsuccessful process yields porous-green layer, compromising oxidation resistance and inducing high-temperature surface damage. Identifying the causes of failed siliconization and their influencing factors is crucial for enhancing high-temperature performance. This study proves that SiC formation from gas-phase reactions prior to silicon melting causes green surface layer. Through siliconization experiments and Thermogravimetric Analysis combined with Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, these gaseous reactions are linked to the specific-surface characteristics of silicon powder used. Microstructural differences between gas and liquid reaction-formed SiC leads to the proposed four-step reaction pathway, explaining the formation of green SiC. These findings offer vital insights for optimizing the outcome of surface siliconization process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100767"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}