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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

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Flexible Hydrovoltaic Devices With Controllable Ion‐Sensitive Windows for Trace‐Ion Variation Sensing

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Liquid Metal Aerogel With Janus Architecture for Selective Direction Recognition and High‐Efficiency Moisture Energy Harvesting

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Understanding the Electrokinetic Role of Ions on Electricity Generation in Droplet-Based Hydrovoltaic Systems

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Fibrous Solar Evaporator with Tunable Water Flow for Efficient, Self‐Operating, and Sustainable Hydroelectricity Generation

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Optimized nano-heterojunction and hydrophilic carbon cloth for efficient solar driven Dual-Mode desalination and hydroelectricity co-generation

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A novel water electrolysis hydrogen production system powered by a renewable hydrovoltaic power generator

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Conducting polymer modified flexible and highly stable hydrovoltaic devices

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Flexible water-evaporation-induced power generation devices with enhanced photothermal evaporation

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Exploring solar-powered water treatment in outer space: Technologies, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable space habitats

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Discontinuous wettability strategy for enhanced solar driven freshwater-electricity harvesting with optimized water-thermal management and controllable ion migration

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Solar-driven hydrovoltaic-pyroelectric hybrid generator for efficiently harvesting water transformation energy

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Simultaneous solar steam and hydrovoltaic power generation from a volcanic-shaped surface-area-enhanced cement‑carbon composite

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Hydrovoltaic energy harvesting: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of technological innovations, research trends, and future prospects

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