Recent advances in wireless power transfer technologies for electric vehicles

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series 2023-11, Vol.2649 (1), p.12060
• Main Author: Zheng, Yao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: capacitive coupling; Clean energy; Cost analysis; electric vehicle; Electric vehicle charging; Energy consumption; Energy conversion efficiency; inductive coupling; microwave; wireless power transfer; Wireless power transmission
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2649/1/012060

In today’s society where electric vehicles are widely used, it is particularly important to make electric vehicles more efficient and convenient to charge. Wireless power transfer technology is becoming increasingly popular as a new type of charging technology. Different from conventional charging strategies, wireless power transfer becomes a hot topic in industry and academia due to the application possibility. It can not be ignored that this technology can also effectively reduce energy consumption. And the technology contributes to improve some environmental issues. Without doubt that it is a kind of beneficial clean energy source in today’s society. In this paper, the state-of-the-art wireless power transfer technologies are comprehensively review in terms of operation characteristics and optimization strategies. Meanwhile, a comparative analysis is given with different application scenarios, including the cost and power conversion efficiency. At the same time, the future perspectives for developing the wireless power transfer techniques are given.