Scalable Synthesis of Morphotropic Phase Boundary Lead Zirconium Titanate Nanowires for Energy Harvesting

Lead zirconium titanate (PZT) nanowires are synthesized using a scalable two-step hydrothermal reaction. The piezo­electric coupling coefficient of the PZT NWs shows the highest value for PZT nano­wires in the literature (80 ± 5 pm/V). A PZT-NW-based nanocomposite is fabri­cated to demonstrate an energy-harvesting application with an open-circuit voltage up to 7 V and a power density up to 2.4 μW/cm3. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.