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Dynamic interfacial electrostatic energy harvesting via a single wire

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Fully self-powered pipeline leakage detection and localization enabled by triboelectric nanogenerator

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Maximizing Output Energy via Suppressing Charge Loss and Increasing Load Voltage in Charge Extraction Process

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Advances in Interfacial Electrostatic Energy Harvesting via Direct Current Triboelectric Nanogenerators

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Constant High-Voltage Triboelectric Nanogenerator with Stable AC for Sustainable Energy Harvesting

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Performance and stability enhancements of perovskite direct current nanogenerators by passivating strategy

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Multidimensional charge-enhanced interface by skin-like inflammatory response for visual bacterial pre-diagnosis

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Recent advances in high charge density triboelectric nanogenerators

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Linking Electron Cloud Potential Wells to Achieve Ultrahigh Output Current in a Triboelectric Nanogenerator

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Rational Design of Triboelectric Materials and Devices for Self‐Powered Food Sensing

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Bioinspired self-powered nanostructures for efficient antibacterial activities

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High-performance and ultra-robust triboelectric nanogenerator based on hBN nanosheets/PVDF composite membranes for wind energy harvesting

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Charge Generation and Enhancement of Key Components of Triboelectric Nanogenerators: A Review

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Corona discharge assisted shear thickening polishing: non-Newtonian elastohydrodynamics and electrostatics

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Regulation of discharge domains and dynamic processes in direct-current triboelectric nanogenerators

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Direct Current Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Contact Electrification, Air Breakdown, Electrostatic Induction, and Charge Leakage for Self‐powered Applications

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Enhance Charge Transfer and Reduce Internal Resistance for Triboelectric Nanogenerator via Switching Charge Shuttling

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Energy harvesting of droplet-based triboelectric nanogenerators: From mechanisms toward performance optimizations

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Direct current triboelectric nanogenerator nexus: Fundamentals to applications in self-powered systems

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Alternating Electrical Polarity Enabled Efficient Charge Capture Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self‐Powered Environmental Purification and Monitoring System

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A Synergistically Enhanced Triboelectric‐Electromagnetic Hybrid Generator Enabled by Multifunctional Amorphous Alloy for Highly Efficient Self‐Powered System

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A comprehensive review on triboelectric sensors and AI-integrated systems

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Dynamic evolution of surface charge on dielectric materials

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A Strong and Tough Ion‐gel Enabled by Hierarchical Meshing and Ion Hybridizations Collaboration

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Interfacial droplet-based triboelectric nanogenerator with optimized architecture for highly efficient vibrational energy conversion

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Superior Charge Density of Triboelectric Nanogenerator via Trap Engineering

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Achieving Ultrahigh DC-Power Triboelectric Nanogenerators by Lightning Rod-Inspired Field Emission Modeling

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Hydrogen-bond enhanced interior charge transport and trapping in all-fiber triboelectric nanogenerators for human motion sensing and communication

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An adhesive, antibacterial, conductive zwitterionic cellulose nanofibers-containing hydrogel for flexible strain sensors and super-capacitors

Ambar Farooq, Hongying Wanyan, Qin Li, Shengchang Lu, Weiqi Huang, Muhammad Waqas, Biqiong Hong, Liulian Huang, Lihui Chen, Xiaxing Zhou and Hui Wu

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