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March 28, 2016 | DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Monson, Atcitty and their team built on Sandia's expertise in power electronics and magnetic materials in strong collaborations with University of California, Irvine, and Arizona State University researchers, who helped with materials processing and systems-level modeling.
Team members from Sandia and UC Irvine have filed a patent application for the materials synthesis process.
"Power electronics represents a substantial cost factor in an effective energy storage system," said Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage program manager in the DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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