Mission

A Center for Power Electronics Materials and Manufacturing Exploration (APEX) enables a wider selection of materials and manufacturing methods for next-generation power electronics devices.

To enable a wider selection, APEX seeks to understand chemical, physical, thermal, and electrical requirements at dissimilar interfaces. We are motivated by a co-design vision of heterogeneous integration of dissimilar materials and interfaces for power electronics—e.g., active layer on substrate, contact on active layer, dielectric on active layer, or device on heat sink.

APEX is pursuing this mission through four research aims.

Partners

The following organizations are participating in APEX:

APEX is funded as a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Energy Frontier Research Center.