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High-frequency capacitive wireless power transfer technologies

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The technical maturity of high-frequency capacitive wireless power transfer (CWPT) technologies has reached a point where they can be industrially introduced on a large scale. This paper will present the trends and the chronological efforts to improve and enhance CWPT technologies that are currently gaining interest and spotlight. Performance comparison between and analyses on recent works are provided.

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Moon, J. High-frequency capacitive wireless power transfer technologies. J. Power Electron. 21, 1243–1257 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43236-021-00262-4

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