“…Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), being low-cost, structurally simple, easily fabricated, and highly energy-efficient, had been considered as an availably booming energy harvesting technology to directly harvest and convert mechanical energy (e.g., wave, vibration, raindrop, and wind) into electricity. − Taking advantage of the intrinsic properties of TENGs, various strategies, including materials design, morphology control, charge injection, and device/structure optimization, had been used to assemble and integrate self-powered systems to improve the output performance by minimizing environmental influences. − To meet the application requirements, the selection of suitable triboelectric materials, which were easy to modify and functionalize with excellent chemical stability and high selectivity, was the most effective approach to optimize and regulate the performance but still a challenge. Coordination polymers (CPs) or metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), composed of organic ligands and metal ions or clusters depending on the reticular chemistry, were a fascinating branch of crystalline materials with modular molecular structures. − Benefiting from their reticular nature and well-defined platforms, the structure of CPs could be tuned by direct synthesis or postsynthetic modification to adjust their physicochemical properties. − Owing to their tailorable structure and unique electronic capabilities, we explored how to perfectly incorporate CPs into organic polymers to adjust and control the TENGs’ outputs and broaden the application domain of CP-based TENGs for self-powered photoinduced systems, especially through visible light induced selective organic conversion, which was still in its infancy.…”