Radiative Wireless Power Transfer: Where We Are and Where We Want to Go

Abstract

Providing energy to Internet of Things (IoT) apparatuses is ever more challenging. Humans are increasingly invested in the revolutionary new scenario that experts call <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Industry 4.0</i> , where billions of electronic devices are interconnected with one another. The operations of battery charging or battery replacement for these devices will soon become infeasible. As a consequence, radiative wireless power transfer (WPT) will soon become a leading technology as it is the only method available to support this technological revolution, and several information communication ­technology companies have already begun to actualize their interest in it.