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Charge curve: what the evidence base looks like

12 publications, 0 of them trials and 0 syntheses. This page describes the shape of that literature rather than summarising its conclusions.

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What the evidence on charge curve is made of Of 12 publications on this topic, the breakdown by study type: 12 other. 12other (12)
12 publications, by study type. Volume is not strength — the same count can be a settled question or a pile of commentary, and which one it is depends almost entirely on this breakdown. Harvested from PubMed and Crossref; publication type as recorded by the source.

What this literature is made of

A reasonable volume of literature, but weighted towards reviews and observational work rather than trials. That is enough to describe a phenomenon and rarely enough to establish that an intervention works.

The distinction that matters most is between synthesis and primary research. A meta-analysis pools trials and is the closest thing to a settled answer a field produces. A narrative review is one group's reading of the same material and can be selective without being dishonest. Counting them together, which most citation counts do, obscures exactly the thing you want to know.

When the charge curve literature was published Publication years for the 12 papers on this topic, grouped into bands from before 2015 through to 2023 onwards. 2023 onwards7 papersBefore 20153 papers2020-20222 papers
Still active. The most recent paper here is from 2025, so this is a field where an answer written today may not hold for long. Publication years as recorded by PubMed and Crossref.

How this page is built

Everything above is computed from the citations this site harvested from PubMed and Crossref, not written by hand. When the weekly harvest finds a new paper on this topic, these counts change and the characterisation changes with them. That is the point: a hand-written claim about how strong an evidence base is starts decaying the day it is written.

Publication type is taken as the source records it. That is imperfect — journals label inconsistently, and a paper indexed as a "review" may be a systematic one — so treat the bands as approximate. They are accurate enough to distinguish a trial literature from a commentary literature, which is the distinction that matters.

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The Type 2 connector is the standard AC charging plug across Europe. Pamsimhaho · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

The strongest work on this topic

Ordered by study design first, then recency. The full set is listed in the references below.

  1. Electric Vehicle (EV) Review: Bibliometric Analysis of Electric Vehicle Trend, Policy, Lithium-Ion Battery, Battery Management, Charging Infrastructure, Smart Charging, and Electric Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) — Veza I, Syaifuddin M, Idris M et al., 2024, journal article
  2. Model Predictive Control Using an Artificial Neural Network for Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries — Jaguemont J, Darwiche A, Bardé F, 2025, journal article
  3. Fast-Charging Model of Lithium Polymer Cells — Jaguemont J, Bardé F, 2025, journal article
  4. Comparison of EV Fast Charging Protocols and Impact of Sinusoidal Half-Wave Fast Charging Methods on Lithium-Ion Cells — Althurthi S, Rajashekara K, Debnath T, 2024, journal article
  5. An Implementation of Quasi-Newton Algorithm for Fast-charging Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB) Optimization in Electric Vehicle Application — Anjarani M, Raharya N, 2024, journal article
  6. End-to-End Direct-Current-Based Extreme Fast Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Using Lithium-Ion Battery Storage — Powar V, Singh R, 2023, journal article
  7. Advancements in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Fast Charging, Wireless Charging, and Smart Grid Integration — Jordan Y. Arpilleda, 2023, journal article
  8. Novel Hybrid Thermal Management System for High-Power Lithium-Ion Module for Electric Vehicles: Fast Charging Applications — Karimi D, Behi H, Van Mierlo J et al., 2022, journal article
  9. TEKNIK FAST CHARGING BATERAI LITHIUM-ION MENGGUNAKAN LOGIKA FUZZY — Anshori A, Siswojo B, Hasanah R, 2020, journal article
  10. Bottlenecks to Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion-Insertion Cells for Electric Vehicles — Chandrasekaran R, 2014, journal article
How much research is there on charge curve?
12 publications are indexed here, of which 0 are trials and 0 are syntheses.
Does more research mean a stronger conclusion?
No. Composition matters more than volume — five randomised trials support a claim far better than fifty commentaries, and citation counts do not distinguish between them.
How current is this?
The most recent paper indexed here is from 2025. The set is refreshed weekly from PubMed and Crossref.
Why does this page not tell me the answer?
Because summarising a literature into a conclusion requires reading it, and doing that automatically is how confident nonsense gets published. This page tells you how much weight a conclusion could bear; the articles on this site do the interpreting.

References

Every citation below links to the original peer-reviewed record on PubMed or via DOI. Nothing here is a substitute for medical advice.

  1. Electric Vehicle (EV) Review: Bibliometric Analysis of Electric Vehicle Trend, Policy, Lithium-Ion Battery, Battery Management, Charging Infrastructure, Smart Charging, and Electric Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Veza I, Syaifuddin M, Idris M, et al. · Energies · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  2. Model Predictive Control Using an Artificial Neural Network for Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries Jaguemont J, Darwiche A, Bardé F · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2025 · Journal article DOI
  3. Fast-Charging Model of Lithium Polymer Cells Jaguemont J, Bardé F · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2025 · Journal article DOI
  4. Comparison of EV Fast Charging Protocols and Impact of Sinusoidal Half-Wave Fast Charging Methods on Lithium-Ion Cells Althurthi S, Rajashekara K, Debnath T · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  5. An Implementation of Quasi-Newton Algorithm for Fast-charging Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB) Optimization in Electric Vehicle Application Anjarani M, Raharya N · International Journal of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  6. End-to-End Direct-Current-Based Extreme Fast Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Using Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Powar V, Singh R · Batteries · 2023 · Journal article DOI
  7. Advancements in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Fast Charging, Wireless Charging, and Smart Grid Integration Jordan Y. Arpilleda · International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology · 2023 · Journal article DOI
  8. Novel Hybrid Thermal Management System for High-Power Lithium-Ion Module for Electric Vehicles: Fast Charging Applications Karimi D, Behi H, Van Mierlo J, et al. · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2022 · Journal article DOI
  9. TEKNIK FAST CHARGING BATERAI LITHIUM-ION MENGGUNAKAN LOGIKA FUZZY Anshori A, Siswojo B, Hasanah R · Jurnal Ecotipe (Electronic, Control, Telecommunication, Information, and Power Engineering) · 2020 · Journal article DOI
  10. Bottlenecks to Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion-Insertion Cells for Electric Vehicles Chandrasekaran R · ECS Transactions · 2014 · Journal article DOI
  11. Bottlenecks to Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion-Insertion Cells for Electric Vehicles Chandrasekaran R · ECS Meeting Abstracts · 2013 · Journal article DOI
  12. Fast Charging Method Based on Estimation of Ion Concentrations using a Reduced Order of Electrochemical Thermal Model for Lithium Ion Polymer Battery Choe S, Li X, Xiao M · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2013 · Journal article DOI