Review of the Isolated Dual Active Bridge Converter Topologies for the Fast and Ultra-Fast Charging of Electric Vehicles

Amid the alarming environmental concerns, the number of the electric vehicles are increasing at an enormous pace. This calls for the establishment of the adequate charging infrastructure that will charge EVs at a rate, comparable to that of conventional petroleum-based vehicles. For such ultra-fast charging infrastructure sufficient research and advances have to be done in the field of power electronics especially the DC/DC converters. In literature various Dual Active Bridge (DAB) DC/DC Converters have been proposed for the ultra-fast charging of the EVs. This review paper presents novel insight about various proposed DAB converter topologies along with the comparison of various methods to control the DAB converter parameters for bidirectionality and the optimum power levels.