TY - JOUR
T1 - From MHz to mmWaves: A Review of Application-Driven UK-Based Wireless Power Research
AU - Kumar, Manoj
AU - Song, Chaoyun
AU - Huang, Yi
AU - Zhou, Jiafeng
AU - Shen, Shanpu
AU - Mitcheson, Paul
AU - Ding, Yuan
AU - Goussetis, George
AU - Wagih, Mahmoud
PY - 2025/7
Y1 - 2025/7
N2 - The deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) has driven research in sustainable battery alternatives, including energy harvesting and wireless power solutions [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Wireless power transfer (WPT) and harvesting, ranging from near-field to short-range and km-range far-field solutions, have been extensively studied, with applications ranging from biomedical systems to pervasive ambient environmental monitoring. In this article, we review the recent contributions over the last decade, with a focus on R&D activities carried out in the United Kingdom. Key contributions in the field of WPT were demonstrated by U.K.-based teams, including the first large-scale ambient power surveys, through high-sensitivity and -efficiency millimeter-wave (mmWave) and simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) rectennas to near-field high-power systems and power electronics and applications in soft, wearable, and flexible electronics. Future research directions and challenges are also identified by a diverse range of active WPT research groups.
AB - The deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) has driven research in sustainable battery alternatives, including energy harvesting and wireless power solutions [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Wireless power transfer (WPT) and harvesting, ranging from near-field to short-range and km-range far-field solutions, have been extensively studied, with applications ranging from biomedical systems to pervasive ambient environmental monitoring. In this article, we review the recent contributions over the last decade, with a focus on R&D activities carried out in the United Kingdom. Key contributions in the field of WPT were demonstrated by U.K.-based teams, including the first large-scale ambient power surveys, through high-sensitivity and -efficiency millimeter-wave (mmWave) and simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) rectennas to near-field high-power systems and power electronics and applications in soft, wearable, and flexible electronics. Future research directions and challenges are also identified by a diverse range of active WPT research groups.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105007505248
U2 - 10.1109/mmm.2024.3471985
DO - 10.1109/mmm.2024.3471985
M3 - Article
SN - 1527-3342
VL - 26
SP - 78
EP - 92
JO - IEEE Microwave Magazine
JF - IEEE Microwave Magazine
IS - 7
ER -