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Lux: future use of wide bandgap materials in power electronics will reduce EV cost

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In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications. million to a $3.8-million

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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The team’s lightweight direct AC- to-AC converter obviates the need for conversion to DC, a wasteful intermediate step, and will operate at temperatures as high as 200 oC. Power Conversion Through Novel Current Source Matrix Converter (MxC). University of Arkansas. United Technologies Research Center I. 1,899,939.

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