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Flexible Self-Powered Real-Time Ultraviolet Photodetector by Coupling Triboelectric and Photoelectric Effects

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The self-powered artificial synapse mechanotactile sensing system by integrating triboelectric plasma and gas-ionic-gated graphene transistor

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Self-powered on-line ion concentration monitor in water transportation driven by triboelectric nanogenerator

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Cd(OH)2@ZnO nanowires thin-film transistor and UV photodetector with a floating ionic gate tuned by a triboelectric nanogenerator

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Advancements in hybrid energy harvesting: Combining triboelectric nanogenerators and photovoltaic cells for next-generation energy solutions

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Self-driven photodetection based on impedance matching effect between a triboelectric nanogenerator and a MoS2 nanosheets photodetector

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The high-speed ultraviolet photodetector of ZnO nanowire Schottky barrier based on the triboelectric-nanogenerator-powered surface-ionic-gate

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High-sensitivity and high-stability near-ultraviolet self-powered photodetectors enabled by depolarization electric field and core-shell structured Cu@benzotriazole nanowire electrode

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Studying of contact electrification and electron transfer at liquid-liquid interface

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Heat‐Excitation‐Based Triboelectric Charge Promotion Strategy

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Element Diffusion Induced Carrier Transport Enhancement in High‐Performance CZTSSe Self‐Powered Photodetector

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Transmittance contrast‐induced photocurrent: A general strategy for self‐powered photodetectors based on MXene electrodes

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A New Strategy of Coupling Pyroelectric and Piezoelectric Effects for Photoresponse Enhancement of a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Heterojunction Photodetector

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Dielectric layer doping for enhanced triboelectric nanogenerators

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Green Energy from Edible Materials: Triboelectrification-Enabled Sustainable Self-Powered Human Joint Movement Monitoring

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Bionic double-helix braided ultra-stretchable energy-harvesting yarns for power and wearable electronics

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Self-Powered Active Spherical Triboelectric Sensor for Fluid Velocity Detection

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A self-powered photodetector using a pulsed triboelectric nanogenerator for actual working environments with random mechanical stimuli

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Atmospheric pressure difference driven triboelectric nanogenerator for efficiently harvesting ocean wave energy

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Patterned ZnO nanorods/indium sulfide based self-powered photoelectrochemical photodetectors

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Tribo-piezoelectric Hybrid Nanogenerators Based on ZnO Nanorods and CsPbBr3 Nanoparticle/PVDF-HFP Films for Self-Powered Photodetectors

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A self-powered hydrogen leakage sensor based on impedance adjustable windmill-like triboelectric nanogenerator

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Boosting power conversion efficiency by hybrid triboelectric nanogenerator/silicon tandem solar cell toward rain energy harvesting

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Wearable Triboelectric–Human–Machine Interface (THMI) Using Robust Nanophotonic Readout

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Light-Driven Piezo- and Triboelectricity in Organic–Inorganic Metal Trihalide Perovskite toward Mechanical Energy Harvesting and Self-powered Sensor Application

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Enhancing proliferation and migration of fibroblast cells by electric stimulation based on triboelectric nanogenerator

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Boron carbonitride (BxCyNz) nanosheets based single electrode triboelectric nanogenerator for wearable UV photodetectors

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