The ever-increasing annual consumption of electrical energy for daily activities will unavoidably harm the financial well-being of individuals. Nonetheless, the availability of fuel sources that generate electrical energy including fossil fuels, oil, and coal remains decreasing, which results in becoming scarcer than ever. Conversely, fruits are one of the strategies that shed light on renewable energy source alternatives, considering the increasing studies of developments of fruits as energy sources in the few past decades. In this study, we review the extensive body of literature on prospective and potential components of fruits that can produce renewable electrical energy sources. It focuses on a fundamental for a comprehensive understanding of types of fruits, the synthesis process, and the mechanisms governing that fruits can generate electrical energy sources. Furthermore, this study outlines the challenges, plausible solutions, and prospects of the potential fruits that are sources of renewable energy for simple electricity production.
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