Glass, Glass-Ceramics, and Ceramics for Nuclear Waste Immobilization and Other Environmental Applications

The world faces many environmental challenges, such as global warming, water pollution, air pollution, industrial waste accumulation, nuclear waste from power plants, etc. Glass, glass-ceramics, and ceramics are critical materials in modern technologies. For the past few decades, these materials have been under testing for many important environmental applications such as CO₂ capture and storage, nuclear waste immobilization, environmentally safe batteries, catalysis, and membranes due to their high loading capacity, controllable properties, and high durability.

Even though glass, glass-ceramics, and ceramics are being investigated for use in different environmental applications, there are many issues that are not yet solved. For example, glass and glass-ceramics for nuclear waste immobilization, although borosilicate glasses show the favorable characteristics of high waste loading and long-term durability, the nuclear waste immobilization issue is not yet fully resolved due to a lack of understanding of microstructural alteration and phase separation issues, and the need to improve waste loading capacity further. Because of these unknowns, this topic will continue to be revisited and studied further. Similarly, CO₂ capture and storage technology is not yet optimized and is still an active topic of study. Since the current Special Issue focuses on glass, glass-ceramics, and ceramics, the study of CO₂ capture and storage in zeolite, MOFs, and cementitious materials is strongly encouraged. The catalytic reduction of CO₂ and solid-state battery development, where glassy or ceramic material electrodes/electrolytes are used for the study, will also be considered for the current Issue. 

Dr. Deepak Patil
Prof. Dr. Greeshma Gadikota
Dr. Sohaib Mohammed
Guest Editors

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