Review Article

Piezoelectric Nanowires in Energy Harvesting Applications

Table 2

The energy conversion performance of the reported nanogenerators based on nanowire composite.

Piezoelectric materialsPolymerOutput voltageStrainStrain rateReference

Piezoelectric semiconductorZnO nanowiresPMMA2 V0.11%3.67%/s[49]
GaN nanowiresPMMA1.2 V[50]

BaTiO3NanotubesPDMS5.5 V[51]

ZnSnO3NanobeltsPDMS5.3 V0.1%1.6 Hz[52]

Lead-free niobatesNaNbO3 nanowiresPDMS3.2 V0.23%12.8%/s[9]
LiNbO3 nanowiresPDMS~0.4 V0.093% (e31)
0.0168% (e33)
[53]
KNbO3 nanowiresPDMS10.5 V[54]

Lead-based piezoelectricesPMN-PT nanowiresPDMS7.8 V[55]
PZT nanowiresPDMS7 V[56]