An interconnect for a fuel cell stack includes an interconnect body having an air surface having air flow channels and ribs and a fuel surface having fuel flow channels and ribs, an electrically conductive contact layer located on the air surface of the interconnect, the electrically conductive contact layer containing at least one of Co and Mn, and a corrosion barrier layer containing zirconium silicate and magnesium aluminosilicate crystals located over the electrically conductive contact layer.