NOTICE: This is the authors’ accepted manuscript of a book chapter published in Novel Combustion Concepts for Sustainable Energy Development, Eds. A.K. Agarwal, A. Pandey, A.K. Gupta, S.K. Agarwal and A. Kushari, 501-533, Springer India (December 2014). Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was accepted for publication. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2211-8_22. CERAMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WITH A FOCUS ON POLYMER DERIVED CERAMICS Thomas Konegger 1,2 , Jessica Torrey 3 , Octavio Flores 4 , Tobias Fey 5 , Bruno Ceron-Nicolat 5 , Günter Motz 4 , Franziska Scheffler 6 , Michael Scheffler 7 , Peter Greil 5 and Rajendra K. Bordia 1* 1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, 161 Sirrine Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 2 Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/164-CT, 1060 Vienna, Austria 3 U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Federal Center Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225, USA 4 Ceramic Materials Engineering, University of Bayreuth, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany 5 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department Material Science, Glass and Ceramics, Martensstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany 6 Institute for Chemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Universitaetsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany 7 Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Universitaetsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany * Corresponding Author: E-Mail address: rbordia@clemson.edu