Fuel cell components protected with nitride materials

Abstract

A fuel cell component including a fuel cell substrate and a nitride material. The material may be a nitride compound having a chemical formula AxByNz, where A is a metal, B is a metal different than A, N is nitrogen, x>0, y<7 and 0<z<12. The nitride compound may have a ratio of a stoichiometric factor to a reactivity factor of greater than 1.0. The stoichiometric factor indicates the reactivity of a nitride compound with chemical species as compared to a baseline nitride compound. The reactivity factor indicates the reaction enthalpy of the nitride compound and the chemical species as compared to a baseline nitride compound and the chemical species. The nitride compound may be Fe3Mo3N, Ni2Mo3N, Ni2W3N, CuNi3N, Fe3WN, Zn3Nb3N, V3Zn2N or a combination thereof. The nitride compound may be Si6Y3N11, Ni2Mo4N, Fe3Mo5N6 or a combination thereof.

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