Environmental multi-physics coupled tribovoltaic effect for energy harvesting

Special Topic: Flexible Electronics and Micro/Nanomanufacturing

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Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 4, Number 2, 2025 Special Topic: Flexible Electronics and Micro/Nanomanufacturing


Article Number		20240032
Number of page(s)		24
Section		Engineering
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20240032
Published online		11 December 2024

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