journal article·2026-08

Pre-oxidation enables superior performance of low-cost AISI 441 SOFC interconnects: Suppressing stress-driven oxidation under dense spinel coating

Yichen Fan, TianYi Zhang, Yingzhen Hu, Liyan Lou, Shuwu Xu, Jiutao Gao, Cheng-Xin Li

Corrosion Science· Volume 268
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