Wending ZHAO

Wending ZHAO

Postdoctoral Fellow

Biography

Zhao Wending received his B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Shandong University in 2020 and his Ph.D. in Power Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2025. He is currently conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include high-efficiency/high-power-density AC-DC converters (for three-phase and single-phase systems), DC-DC converters, multilevel topologies, and advanced digital control techniques. He has published over 10 papers in leading journals and international conferences.

Publications

2026

  • 25 kW/L 99.2% Efficiency Wide Output Three Phase PFC Based on Modular Inductive Switching NetworkZhao, Wending and Wu, Xinke and Wang, YuchenIEEE Transactions on Power ElectronicsJ.

2025

  • Battery-oriented Double-line-frequency Ripple Current Suppression Method Based on RDCX ConverterWang, Yuchen and Wu, Xinke and Zhao, Wending2025 IEEE 3rd International Power Electronics and Application Symposium (PEAS)C.
  • Optimization Method for GaN-based 48-12V Buck Circuit Device and FrequencyHao, Xin and Wu, Xinke and Zhao, Wending2025 Zhejiang Power Electronics Conference (ZPEC)C.
  • Light-Load Analysis and Control for PFC Converter With Modular Inductive Switching NetworkZhao, Wending and Huang, Tianlin and Wu, XinkeIEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power ElectronicsJ.
  • Protection Strategy for Flying Capacitor Totem-Pole PFC under the AC Drop TransientWu, Yanqing and Zhao, Wending and Zhu, Zhenhai and Wu, Xinke2025 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)C.
  • Control Strategies and Design Guideline for Single Phase MISN PFC ConverterZhao, Wending and Huang, Tianlin and Wu, XinkeIEEE Transactions on Industrial ElectronicsJ.

2023

  • Light-Load Efficiency Improvement of MHz RDCX Based on Output Voltage Ripple and Resonant Pulse Number ControlLiu, Tianji and Zhao, Wending and Wu, Xinke2023 IEEE 2nd International Power Electronics and Application Symposium (PEAS)C.
  • A Self-clamping Non-synchronous Duty Cycle Control Strategy for Hybrid Clamping Three-level Buck Converter with GaN DevicesZhu, Shiyu and Zhao, Wending and Wu, Xinke2023 IEEE 14th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG)C.
  • Three Phase PFC Converter With Multilevel Inductive Switching NetworkZhao, Wending and Huang, Tianlin and Wu, XinkeIEEE Transactions on Power ElectronicsJ.

2022

  • Single Phase High Power Density MISN PFC ConverterHuang, Tianlin and Zhao, Wending and Wu, Xinke2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)C.
  • A High Power Density 3-phase/1-phase Compatible MISN-PFC Converter for On-Board ChargerZhao, Wending and Huang, Tianlin and Wu, Xinke2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)C.

2021

  • Analysis and Design Considerations of Improving Power Factor at Light-Load in a CHB Rectifier with Common-Duty ControlZhao, Wending and Qi, Yu and Jiang, Congrang and Wu, Xinke2021 IEEE 16th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA)C.