A galvanically isolated DC/DC converter (2) comprises at least one first side converter circuit (20) coupled between a pair of first side DC terminals (10), and at least one second side converter circuit (40) coupled between a pair of second side DC terminals (60), the second side converter circuit having at least a first and a second switching element (41, 45), with each of the first and second switching elements (41, 45) comprising a switch (42, 46) and a diode (44, 48) connected in parallel, wherein, when the DC/DC converter (2) is in power transfer operation from the pair of first side DC terminals (10) to the pair of second side DC terminals (60), the diodes (44, 48) of the first and second switching elements (41, 45) are alternately in a conductive state, with each of the first and second switching elements being controlled such that a closed state of the respective switch extends beyond a transitioning of the diode of the same switching element from the conductive state to a blocking state.