AltCoat develops multilayer coatings that address silica migration, chromia scale growth and outward chromium transport, so that widely available ferritic stainless steels can take the place of dedicated interconnect alloys. The work runs from coating development and long-term oxidation testing through to integration in reversible solid oxide cell stacks.
The Institute of Power Engineering coordinates the project, with Yevgeniy Naumovich as principal investigator. Piotr Jasiński is the principal investigator at Gdańsk University of Technology.
Funding. AltCoat — „Alternative to Alloying: Advanced Protective Coatings for Low-Cost Alloys for Solid Oxide Cell Stack Technology” — is funded by the National Science Centre, Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) under the OPUS 25 call, project no. UMO-2023/49/B/ST8/03265. The project is carried out with the Institute of Power Engineering in Warsaw.