Title: Development of environment friendly nanoelectronic sensing elements for hybrid electric vehicles

Authors: Dayanand B. Jadhav; Rajendra D. Kokate

Addresses: Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, MGM's College of Engineering & Technology, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ' Department of Instrumentation Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Abstract: Nanomaterials and nanodevices have a major impact in the development of many innovative systems and they are the potential replacement for CMOS technology devices. Nanoelectronic sensors are highly essential in the development of hybrid electric vehicles and autonomous systems. This research paper focuses on the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and development of nanoelectronic sensing elements for automotive applications and hybrid electric vehicles. Environment friendly ZnO nanoparticles are utilised in this work to avoid harmful gases. ZnO nanoparticles are synthesised using Aloe Vera extracts through mediated synthesis route. Structural and morphological characteristics are experimentally studied using various spectroscopic and microscopic measures. ZnO nanomaterial elements and LPG sensing properties were systematically investigated to check the suitability for electric vehicle applications. The effects of operating temperature on gas response, resistance and sensitivity characteristics are analysed using various experiments. The performance of our nanoelectronic sensing element is found to be superior to similar sensing elements in terms of working temperature, percentage response, response time and recovery time.

Keywords: nanoparticle; nanoelectronic sensors; LPG gas sensor; hybrid electric vehicles; autonomous systems; nanotechnology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVICS.2022.122553

International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, 2022 Vol.7 No.2, pp.146 - 160

Received: 08 Aug 2020
Accepted: 07 Apr 2021
Published online: 03 May 2022 *

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