Article Highlight: ‘Coating electric vehicle charging stations for safer, tougher reliability’

Originally Published in Electronic Products & Technology, August 2021

• While EVs have attained mainstream status, the availability and reliability of a fast-charging infrastructure continue to be major hurdles to widespread adoption.
• Charging stations are typically located outside, which makes them vulnerable to external sources, such as voltage transients or electrical surges and the elements.
• The realistic and economical approach to protecting EVSEs is with conformal coatings.
• Conformal coatings provide increased dielectric resistance, operational integrity, and protection from corrosive atmospheres and contaminants.
• When compared to acrylic, silicones, urethane, and epoxy coatings, Parylene has all the properties and characteristics necessary to help advance technologies.