Inductance correction in impedance studies of solid oxide fuel cells

A procedure for evaluation and elimination of errors, caused by parasitic inductance and resistance in EIS studies of two solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) materials: yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrolyte and lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM)/YSZ composite cathode is presented in this paper. It is shown that for these low impedance systems the parasitic inductance can affect not only the high frequencies but also the middle and low ones. The parasitic errors correction procedure increases significantly the reliability of the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results. © 2009 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Union of Chemists in Bulgaria.