Everything about Power electronics

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Power electronicsA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Environmental impact of renewable energy source based electrical power plants: Solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, tidal, ocean, and osmoticInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Electric energyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Cooling, Heating, Generating Power, and Recovering Waste Heat with Thermoelectric SystemsCited 5,936 times
5. Go sideways: AC-to-AC converterA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Power inverterA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Cooling, Heating, Generating Power, and Recovering Waste Heat with Thermoelectric Systems

  Lon E. Bell · 2008 · Science · 5,936 citations

• Overview of current development in electrical energy storage technologies and the application potential in power system operation

  Xing Luo, Jihong Wang, Mark Dooner · 2015 · Applied Energy · 3,596 citations

• Power-Electronic Systems for the Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources: A Survey

  J.M. Carrasco, L.G. Franquelo, J.T. Bialasiewicz · 2006 · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics · 3,341 citations

• Thermoelectric Cooling and Power Generation

  Francis J. DiSalvo · 1999 · Science · 3,108 citations

• Review of Battery Charger Topologies, Charging Power Levels, and Infrastructure for Plug-In Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

  Murat Yilmaz, Philip T. Krein · 2013 · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics · 2,856 citations

• Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources

  Bozhi Tian, Xiaolin Zheng, Thomas J. Kempa · 2007 · Nature · 2,750 citations

• Large thermoelectric power in NaCo 2 O 4 single crystals

  I. Terasaki, Y. Sasago, K. Uchinokura · 1997 · Physical Review B · 2,721 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Environmental impact of renewable energy source based electrical power plants: Solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, tidal, ocean, and osmotic

  Abidur Rahman, Omar Farrok, Md Mejbaul Haque · 2022 · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 1,057 citations

• High figure-of-merit and power generation in high-entropy GeTe-based thermoelectrics

  Binbin Jiang, Wu Wang, Shixuan Liu · 2022 · Science · 752 citations

• A Comprehensive Review of Power Converter Topologies and Control Methods for Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Applications

  Md Safayatullah, Mohamed Tamasas Elrais, Sumana Ghosh · 2022 · IEEE Access · 620 citations

• β-Gallium oxide power electronics

  Andrew J. Green, James Speck, Grace Xing · 2022 · APL Materials · 555 citations

• Influence of renewable energy power fluctuations on water electrolysis for green hydrogen production

  Hirokazu Kojima, Kensaku Nagasawa, Naoto Todoroki · 2023 · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · 543 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Electric energyMohamed A. El-Sharkawi · 2004
• Photovoltaic systems engineeringRoger Messenger, Roger A. Messenger · 1999
• Power electronicsNed Mohan, William Robbins · 1989
• Distribution system modeling and analysisWilliam H. Kersting · 2001
• Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution,Leonard L. Grigsby · 2007
• Teach Yourself Electricity and ElectronicsStan Gibilisco · 1993
• Power electronicsB. W. Williams · 1987
• Principles of electric machines and power electronicsP. C. Sen · 1989

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🔗 Related topics

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