Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2024 in the “Power Electronics” Section

Power electronics has emerged as a key technology in the conversion and control of electrical power in multiple applications: electric drives and generators, renewable energy systems, energy storage systems, smart cities, smart grids, power systems, transport (vehicles, aircraft, ships, and others), industrial, medical, military, telecommunications, consumable and home apparatus.

This Section is devoted to publishing original research and state-of-the-art review papers on emerging technologies and trends in power electronics, including components, circuits, design, modeling, simulation, control, implementation, testing, and analysis of power electronics and their applications.

You have free and unlimited access to the full texts of all of the open access articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2024 below.

1. “Battery State-of-Health Estimation: A Step towards Battery Digital Twins”
by Vahid Safavi, Najmeh Bazmohammadi, Juan C. Vasquez and Josep M. Guerrero
Electronics 2024, 13(3), 587; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13030587
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/3/587

2. “Communications and Data Science for the Success of Vehicle-to-Grid Technologies: Current State and Future Trends”
by Noelia Uribe-Pérez, Amaia Gonzalez-Garrido, Alexander Gallarreta, Daniel Justel, Mikel González-Pérez, Jon González-Ramos, Ane Arrizabalaga, Francisco Javier Asensio and Peru Bidaguren
Electronics 2024, 13(10), 1940; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13101940
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/10/1940

3. “Solar-Powered Smart Buildings: Integrated Energy Management Solution for IoT-Enabled Sustainability”
by Rubén Muñiz, Raúl del Coso, Fernando Nuño, Pedro J. Villegas, Daniel Álvarez and Juan A. Martínez
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 317; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020317
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/317

4. “A Case Study of a Tiny Machine Learning Application for Battery State-of-Charge Estimation”
by Spyridon Giazitzis, Maciej Sakwa, Sonia Leva, Emanuele Ogliari, Susheel Badha and Filippo Rosetti
Electronics 2024, 13(10), 1964; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13101964
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/10/1964

5. “Effects of Battery Energy Storage Systems on the Frequency Stability of Weak Grids with a High-Share of Grid-Connected Converters”
by Pedro Paiva and Rui Castro
Electronics 2024, 13(6), 1083; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13061083
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/6/1083

6. “Defect Identification of XLPE Power Cable Using Harmonic Visualized Characteristics of Grounding Current”
by Minxin Wang, Yong Liu, Youcong Huang, Yuepeng Xin, Tao Han and Boxue Du
Electronics 2024, 13(6), 1159; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13061159
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/6/1159

7. “Improving the Efficiency of an Isolated Bidirectional Dual Active Bridge DC–DC Converter Using Variable Frequency”
by Vicente Esteve, Juan L. Bellido, José Jordán and Enrique J. Dede
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 294; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020294
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/294

8. “Critical Review on the Sustainability of Electric Vehicles: Addressing Challenges without Interfering in Market Trends”
by Sergi Obrador Rey, Lluc Canals Casals, Levon Gevorkov, Lázaro Cremades Oliver and Lluís Trilla
Electronics 2024, 13(5), 860; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13050860
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/5/860

9. “Research Review on Multi-Port Energy Routers Adapted to Renewable Energy Access”
by Jinghua Zhou and Jiangbo Wang
Electronics 2024, 13(8), 1493; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13081493
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/8/1493

10. “Two-Stage Neural Network Optimization for Robust Solar Photovoltaic Forecasting”
by Jinyeong Oh, Dayeong So, Jaehyeok Jo, Namil Kang, Eenjun Hwang and Jihoon Moon
Electronics 2024, 13(9), 1659; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13091659
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/9/1659