Bloom Energy Corporation

Chung-Dee Pong

Matthias Gottmann

Tad Armstrong

James Wilson

Manoj Pillai

Tulin Akin

James Chang

Harald Herchen

Michael Gasda

Avinash Verma

Sanjiv Kapoor

Shivanand Majagi

A fuel cell assembly includes a fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells, an incoming oxidizing gas flow path configured to deliver an oxidizing gas to the plurality of fuel cells, and a chromium-getter material located in the incoming oxidizing flow path. A fuel cell includes an electrolyte, a cathode electrode on a first side of the electrolyte, an anode electrode on a second side of the electrolyte, and a chromium-getter material on the cathode electrode.

Systems and methods for suppressing chromium poisoning in fuel cells

Various embodiments include methods of fabricating an interconnect for a fuel cell stack. Methods for controlled pre-oxidation of an interconnect include oxidizing in a nitride-inhibiting environment to inhibit the formation of nitrides.

Thermal processing of interconnects

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