Ferritic stainless steel interconnects are used in solid oxide fuel cells; however, coatings are required to improve their performance. Although several types of coatings have been proposed, they have been scarcely investigated under similar conditions. This study compares the characteristics of uncoated Crofer 22 APU and eight different coatings on Crofer 22 APU for up to 3000 h at 800 ◦C. The coatings were deposited at various research labo- ratories around the world, and the experiments were performed at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Cross-sections of the samples were analysed using scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. The (Co,Mn)-based coated steels showed more than 50-fold lower chromium evaporation and at least 3 times thinner Cr2O3 scale thickness compared to uncoated steel. The coated steel samples showed lower area-specific resistance (ASR) values than the uncoated steel after 3000 h of exposure, irrespective of the coating thickness, composition and deposition method.

Experimental review of the performances of protective coatings for interconnects in solid oxide fuel cells / Jayanth Reddy, Mareddy; Kamecki, Bartosz; Talic, Belma; Zanchi, Elisa; Smeacetto, Federico; Hardy, John S.; Pyung Choi, Jung; Mazur, Łukasz; Vasßen, Robert; Basu, Soumendra N.; Brylewski, Tomasz; Svensson, Jan-Erik; Froitzheim, Jan. - In: JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES. - ISSN 0378-7753. - ELETTRONICO. - 568:(2023), p. 232831. [10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.232831]

Experimental review of the performances of protective coatings for interconnects in solid oxide fuel cells

Elisa Zanchi;Federico Smeacetto;
2023

Abstract

Ferritic stainless steel interconnects are used in solid oxide fuel cells; however, coatings are required to improve their performance. Although several types of coatings have been proposed, they have been scarcely investigated under similar conditions. This study compares the characteristics of uncoated Crofer 22 APU and eight different coatings on Crofer 22 APU for up to 3000 h at 800 ◦C. The coatings were deposited at various research labo- ratories around the world, and the experiments were performed at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Cross-sections of the samples were analysed using scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. The (Co,Mn)-based coated steels showed more than 50-fold lower chromium evaporation and at least 3 times thinner Cr2O3 scale thickness compared to uncoated steel. The coated steel samples showed lower area-specific resistance (ASR) values than the uncoated steel after 3000 h of exposure, irrespective of the coating thickness, composition and deposition method.
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