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Figure 3. Fully soft bridge rectifier. (A) An optical image of the fully soft bridge rectifier; (B) Schematic exploded view of the fully soft bridge rectifier; (C) Circuit diagram of the bridge rectifier; (D) Rectified V_out of the fully soft bridge rectifier under V_in of ±10 V at a frequency (f) of a 500 Hz; (E) V_out-V_in curves of the fully soft bridge rectifier with various f of 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 Hz; (F) V_out-f curves of the fully soft rectifier with various V_in of ± 1, ± 3, ± 5, and ± 10 V; (G) An optical image of the fully soft bridge rectifier under the mechanical stretching; (H) Time-dependent characteristic V_out curves of the fully soft bridge rectifier under mechanical strains of 0, 30, and 0% (released) (V_in = ± 10 V, f = 500 Hz); (I) V_out-f curves of the fully soft rectifier at V_in = ± 10 V. V_in: Input voltage; V_out: output voltage; P3HT-NFs: poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanofibrils; PDMS: polydimethylsiloxane; UV-O₃: ultraviolet-ozone; PEDOT:PSS: poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate; AC: alternating current; DC: direct current.