Innovations in Power Electronics for Lighting and Smart Grid Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 79
Special Issue Editors
Interests: power electronics; lighting; soft-switching; modeling and control; magnetics design; semiconductor modeling; converter optimization; digital control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Power electronics plays a crucial role in advancing lighting systems and smart grid technologies, enhancing energy efficiency, ensuring reliability, and promoting sustainability. Emerging trends in semiconductor devices, advanced control strategies, and the integration of communication networks are reshaping how lighting systems and smart grids operate, offering new opportunities for energy management, grid stability, and intelligent automation.
This Special Issue aims to present innovative research and developments in power electronics applied to lighting technologies and smart grid infrastructures. Its topics of interest include novel power conversion topologies, digital control techniques, grid-interactive lighting systems, and the role of artificial intelligence in optimizing power electronic applications. This Special Issue will also explore advancements in new materials, high-efficiency power semiconductor devices, energy harvesting techniques, and the integration of renewable energy sources into smart grids and lighting networks.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following applications:
- Advanced power conversion for lighting systems (LED drivers, OLED power supplies, intelligent lighting control);
- Smart grid integration and energy management (bidirectional power converters, energy storage systems, and demand-side management solutions);
- Digital and AI-based control techniques (predictive control, machine learning for grid and lighting optimization);
- Emerging power semiconductor technologies (GaN and SiC applications for high-efficiency power conversion);
- Wireless power transfer for lighting and smart grids;
- Isolated and multiport converters for power interfacing (solid-state transformers, DC transformers, dual active bridges, onboard chargers);
- Energy harvesting and self-powered lighting systems;
- Cyber–physical security in power electronics for smart grids;
- DC microgrids and distributed generation for lighting and smart applications;
- Harmonics, power quality, and EMI mitigation in lighting and smart grid electronics;
- Resilient and fault-tolerant power electronics for critical infrastructure and contingency management.
Prof. Dr. Pedro S. Almeida
Prof. Dr. Edilson Mineiro Sa Junior
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- power electronics for lighting and smart grids
- smart grid power conversion
- LED and OLED drivers
- digital control techniques for lighting and smart grids
- advanced control methods in power electronics
- grid-interactive lighting systems
- GaN and SiC power semiconductors for high-efficiency conversion
- wireless power transfer
- renewable energy integration
- energy storage and grid stabilization
- demand-side management
- power quality and emi mitigation
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