MIT - Centre for Advanced Materials Research and Technology, Department of Plastic and Polymer Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, 431010, India.
MIT - Centre for Advanced Materials Research and Technology, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, 431010, India.
Chem Rec. 2022 Nov;22(11):e202200186. doi: 10.1002/tcr.202200186. Epub 2022 Aug 12.
Plastics have been an indispensable material of choice in automobiles with wide range of applications such as interior, exterior, under the hood, and lighting/wiring applications. The prime motive of inclusion of these materials is increase in fuel efficiency and reduction in carbon footprint by replacing the energy intensive metallic counterparts. The current decade i. e., the 2020s has seen a recent surge in the sales of electronic vehicles. Although these numbers are promising, the growth in the rest of the parts of the world is not encouraging. It is primarily due to the skepticism involving battery life and efficiency, profitability, and environmental footprint when compared to conventional and hybrid vehicles. Also, a more concerted effort is needed in the lagging areas in order to install the required infrastructure. The emergence of plastics in the development and acceptance of e-vehicles is going to be pivotal especially when the efficiency and profitability are considered as they give the required freedom to the engineers for the design and development of various parts and sizes by replacing the bulkier and more dense materials. Also, the research on bionanocomposites has received great interest from the research community due to their versatility in application along with their eco-friendly nature throughout the lifecycle starting from feedstock up to end-of-life treatment. This review paper will be one of its kind to present a critical review of the recent developments of polymers suitable for use in e-vehicles. Also, a comprehensive discussion comprising of newer research areas for polymers in their use for e-vehicles will be presented.
塑料在汽车中是一种不可或缺的选择材料，广泛应用于内饰、外饰、发动机罩下和照明/布线应用。包含这些材料的主要动机是通过替代能源密集型金属对应物来提高燃油效率和减少碳足迹。当前十年，即 2020 年代，电动汽车的销量出现了最近的激增。尽管这些数字很有希望，但世界其他地区的增长并不令人鼓舞。这主要是由于与传统和混合动力汽车相比，人们对电池寿命和效率、盈利能力和环境足迹持怀疑态度。此外，还需要在滞后地区做出更协调的努力，以安装所需的基础设施。塑料在电动汽车的开发和接受中的出现将是至关重要的，特别是当考虑到效率和盈利能力时，因为它们为工程师提供了所需的自由度，使他们能够通过更换更大、更密集的材料来设计和开发各种不同的部件和尺寸。此外，由于其在应用中的多功能性以及在整个生命周期（从原料到最终处理）中的环保特性，生物纳米复合材料的研究引起了研究界的极大兴趣。本文将是此类综述论文之一，对适用于电动汽车的聚合物的最新发展进行了批判性回顾。此外，还将对聚合物在电动汽车中的使用的更新研究领域进行全面讨论。
