Wind Energy: Robust Thin Films-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator Arrays for Harvesting Bidirectional Wind Energy (Adv. Energy Mater. 5/2016)

Double-side-fixed triboelectric nanogenerator (DTENG) arrays, compared to single-side-fixed triboelectric nanogenerator arrays for harvesting single-pathway wind energy, are developed by Zhong Lin Wang and co-workers in article number 1501799, to harvest bidirectional wind energy. Short-circuit current, durability, and stability of the optimized DTENG can be dramatically improved by a 4 × 1 array connected in parallel because of the improved device configuration, stickiness, and abrasion by adhering Ti buffer layers.