Literature Review Analysis Template

This assignment provides a template for analyzing literature reviews. It outlines specific details to consider for each reference, such as the research question, themes in the literature review, design methodology, findings, and gaps identified. Students are required to complete this template for multiple references, demonstrating their understanding of how to critically evaluate and synthesize existing research.

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Reference Number: 1
Title of Article: Cutting the Cord: Static and Dynamic Inductive Wireless Charging of Electric
Vehicles
Authors: Srdjan Lukic Zeljko Pantic
Publication: IEEE
Type: Journal Article
Year Published: 2013 Number of citations: 30
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What is the state of Art of IPT systems and suitability of the technology to wirelessly charge battery
powered vehicles
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
 IPT technology has the advantage of stationary charging, opportunity and dynamic charging.
 Suitability of the wireless charging and its advantage
Design: Exploratory Research design
What was the finding?
 IPT charging has advantage for stationary charging
 Opportunity charging can be used effectively for the bus charging application
 Dynamic charging can help to reduce the price of the EVs
What were the gaps?
The journals have discussed about the advantages of opportunity IPT and dynamic charging in cars
and buses for wireless charging. However, the gap exist due to the fact that they are not able to provide
the exact ways of applying these systems within practice.

Reference Number:2
Title of Article: Wireless power transfer: A survey of EV battery charging technologies
Authors: Fariborz Musavi, Murray Edington and Wilson Eberle
Publication: IEEE
Type: Journal Article
Year Published: 2012 Number of citations: 34
Primary or Secondary: Both
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What was the research question?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the existing technology that are the solutions for the
wireless power transfer for the electronic battery?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
 Review of the existing technology related to the wireless solution for wireless transfer of the
power.
 Advantages and challenges of the wireless transfer of power
Design: Exploratory Research Design
What was the finding?
Challenges and advantages of the existing wireless technology for regarding car batteries have been
discussed.
What were the gaps?
The challenges and the advantages that were identified are based on the experimental basis and the
major gap in this context is due to the fact that it cannot be applied in practical basis.

Reference Number: 3
Title of Article: Overview of wireless power transfer technologies for electric
vehicle battery charging
Authors: Fariborz Musavi and Wilson Eberle
Publication: IET
Type: Journal Article
Year Published: 2014 Number of citations: 40
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What is the concept related to the feasibility of wireless technology in the application of vehicle
battery charging?
What are the challenges and advantages of conductive or wireless charging?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
Advantages and challenges of the wireless charging methods compared to that of the traditional form
for charging related to the overall costing that is involved
Design: Exploratory Research Design
What was the finding?
In spite of the advantages of the technology related to wireless charging including the IPT, CPT,
PMPT, RIPT, and RAPT the major disadvantages of the technology is due to the harmful effects that
are caused on the health hazards. This is mainly caused due to the radiations that are spread on the
wireless technology of charging.
What were the gaps?
The major gap of this article is that the researchers have not discussed about the health hazards that are
associated with the radiation that are spread by the radiation of the wireless charging.

Reference Number: 4
Title of Article: Demonstrating Dynamic Wireless Charging of an Electric Vehicle: The
Benefit of Electrochemical Capacitor Smoothing
Authors: John M. Miller, Omer C. Onar, Cliff White
Publication: IEEE
Type: Journal article
Year Published: 2014 Number of citations: 55
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What are the effects of power smoothing of in-motion wireless EV charging system?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
The summary of the experimental result related power-flow smoothing is being provided as the main
theme of the article.
Design: Exploratory Research Design
What was the finding?
The article has been able to highlight upon the technical challenges that are posed by the dynamic
charging process. The alignment of the matters related to the dynamic challenge is one of the major
challenges in this context.
What were the gaps?
The major gap is due to the fact that in spite of the challenges of the dynamic charging process those
are mentioned, paper does not provide the ways that can be inherited to overcome this challenge.

Reference Number: 5
Title of Article: Review of Battery Charger Topologies, Charging Power Levels, and
Infrastructure for Plug-In Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Authors: John M. Miller, Omer C. Onar and Cliff White
Publication: IEEE Xplore
Type: Journal Article
Year Published: 2013 Number of citations: 55
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What are the infrastructures that are needed to implement the battery charger and charging power
levels in the electronic and hybrid power car?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
The theme of the literature review is based on the implantation plans that are needed to deal with the
implementing charging system within the electronic vehicle cars.
Design: Exploratory Research Design
What was the finding?
The performance of the battery within the electrical vehicle is dependent upon the type of design and
infrastructure that are used in the process of design. There are certain power levels that can be used to
categorize the battery.
What were the gaps?
The article has discussed about the various aspects and the level of the electronic battery. Nevertheless,
the gap in the article is that it has not discussed in details about the challenges and advantages of each
of the steps.

Reference Number: 6
Title of Article: New business models for electric cars—A holistic approach
Authors: Lerch, Christian; Kley, Fabian, Dallinger and Davi
Publication: Science Direct
Type: Journal Article
Year Published: 2011 Number of citations: 128
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What was the research question?
 What are the effects of climate change and resource shortages that have lead to the service
category change related to the combustion engines?
 What are the effects of the technological improvements on the performance of the electronic
cars?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
With the help of the new business model, it is possible to deal with the most of the challenges related
to electronic engines
Design: Descriptive and hypothesis research design
What was the finding?
The challenges and opportunities related to each of the business model related to electronic cars are
being given in the overall process. It is important to follow the structure that is relevant to the new
business model in order to get the maximum benefit of electronic cars.
What were the gaps?
The article has only discussed about the theoretical approach of the new business model and the
practical ways of approach have not been provided.

Reference Number: 7
Title of Article: A novel wireless power transfer for in-motion EV/PHEV charging
Authors: Omer C. Onar, John M. Miller and Steven L. Campbell
Publication: IEEE Explore
Type: Journal Article
Year Published: 2013 Number of citations: 59
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What are the ways that the wireless power can be transferred that can help in the motion of EV and
PHEV?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
Wireless power can be transferred to the engines of EV and PHEV that can help them in the overall
process of movement.
Design: Exploratory method of research design
What was the finding?
There are many positive aspects of the technological implications of the wireless power charging of
that can help in smooth vehicle movement. It is important to deal with the magnetic field of the
wireless power charging that can help in the process of improving the efficiency of electronic vehicle.
What were the gaps?
The negative aspects of the implication of the wireless power technology that is growing rapidly in the
current days.

Reference Number: 8
Title of Article: Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Applications
Authors: Siqi Li and Chunting Chris Mi
Publication: IEEE
Type: Journal Article
Year Published: 2015 Number of citations: 116
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What are the areas of WPT that can be applied on the basis in the electronic vehicles to effectively
transfer power immediately?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
The introduction of WPT in the electronic vehicles have been able tep reduce the overall charging
time.
Design: Exploratory method of research design
What was the finding?
It is important to deal with the electrification of vehicles that is essential in context to deal with the
environmental issues.
What were the gaps?
The way to develop the infrastructure for wireless charging has not been discussed in the article.

Reference Number: 9
Title of Article: A Bidirectional Wireless Power Transfer EV Charger Using Self-Resonant
PWM
Authors: Jun-Young Lee and Byung-Moon Han
Publication: IEEE Xplore
Type: Journal article
Year Published: 2015 Number of citations: 24
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What are the feasible methods that can help in the process of bidirectional power transfer in EV
charging methods?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
The rising popularity of the electronic vehicle is feasible due to bidirectional process of power transfer
Design: Exploratory method of research design
What was the finding?
Large air-gap bidirectional WPT EV charger with SR-PWM proposed methods can help to imply
simple structure within the process of wireless power charging.
What were the gaps?
In spite of the methods that are being proposed, the negative implications of the proposal have not
been discussed.

Reference Number: 10
Title of Article: Highly Resonant Wireless Power Transfer: Safe, Efficient, and over
Distance
Authors: Dr. Morris Kesler
Publication: WiTricity Corporation
Type: Journal article
Year Published: 2013 Number of citations: 28
Primary or Secondary: Secondary
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What was the research question?
What themes were discussed in the Literature Review?
The efficiency of the wireless power transfer is dependent upon the level of safety over the distance.
Design: Exploratory method of research design
What was the finding?
It is important to develop upon the efficiency of the wireless charging system that can help in the
process of its implication.
What were the gaps?
The journal has not been able to discuss upon the practical applicability of the effective ways of
implementing wireless charging system.

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