title: Scalable synthesis of morphotropic phase boundary lead zirconium titanate nanowires for energy harvesting.
abstract: Lead zirconium titanate (PZT) nanowires are synthesized using a scalable two-step hydrothermal reaction. The piezo-electric coupling coefficient of the PZT NWs shows the highest value for PZT nano-wires in the literature (80 ± 5 pm/V). A PZT-NW-based nanocomposite is fabri-cated to demonstrate an energy-harvesting application with an open-circuit voltage up to 7 V and a power density up to 2.4 μW/cm(3) .
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Haixiong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Henry A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Sodano
keywords: energy harvesting; hydrothermal reactions; nanowires; piezoelectric