Protective Ceramic Coatings for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Balance-of-Plant Components

Figure 10

Sample YSZ-B131 before and after thermal cycling. (a) Before thermal cycling, shown at 5,000X. (b) Before thermal cycling, shown at 10,000X. (c) After thermal cycling, shown at 5,000X. (d) After thermal cycling, shown at 10,000X. The nonthermally cycled sample EDX shows only iron (Fe), Y, Zr, and oxygen (O).

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