Advanced Technologies and Applications in Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Wireless power transfer (WPT) has rapidly advanced over the past decade and continues to do so. Under the attention of more and more researchers, this technology has shown broad application prospects in different fields from milliwatts to megawatts and from near-field to far-field, such as sensors, medical implants, consumer electronics, household appliances, electric vehicles, aerospace, ocean exploration, railway applications, etc. With the advancement in power semiconductor devices, magnetic materials, topologies, coupling interfaces and control strategies, WPT technology has made continuous breakthroughs in transmission power, efficiency, distance, and system anti-interference and integration, etc. This Special Issue, entitled “Advanced Technologies and Applications in Wireless Power Transfer Systems”, focuses on the recent theoretical and applied research achievements of WPT, including, but not limited to, system sub-modules such as power converters, compensation networks, coupling interfaces, controllers, etc., as well as auxiliary functions such as power/signal parallel transmission, foreign-object detection, position monitoring, etc. In addition, articles which discuss the application of WPT technology would also be of particular interest.

We invite original manuscripts presenting recent advances in this area including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Wireless power transfer for land transportation (E-bikes, electric vehicles, rail transit, etc.);
• Wireless power transfer for underwater vehicles;
• Wireless power transfer for aircraft (unmanned aerial vehicles, aerospace, etc.);
• Wireless power transfer for household appliances;
• Wireless power transfer for consumer electronics;
• Wireless power transfer for biomedical implant devices;
• Wireless power transfer for Internet of Things (IoTs) and sensors;
• Advanced converter, compensation, coupler and controller for wireless power transfer;
• Capacitive power transfer;
• Ultrasonic power transfer;
• Energy harvesting;
• Power and signal parallel transmission for wireless power transfer;
• Foreign object detection for wireless power transfer;
• Position monitoring for wireless power transfer.

Dr. Yong Li
Prof. Dr. Ruikun Mai 
Dr. Wei Zhou
Guest Editors

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