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ReviewMembranes2026

Conducting Polymer-Based Nanofluidic Membranes for Osmotic Energy Conversion.

Sinuo Zhou, Chengyang Jia, Ying Zhang, Boyu Sun, Xin Xi, Shuhan Yang, Lipeng Liu, Guoyu Zhang, Xiaoyan Nie, Qiang Wang and 3 more

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Review in Membranes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Sinuo ZhouCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Chengyang JiaCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Ying ZhangCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Boyu SunCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Xin XiCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Shuhan YangCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Lipeng LiuCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Guoyu ZhangCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Xiaoyan NieCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Qiang WangCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Siqi LiuCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Yanan XieCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.
Zhenhang WangCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200, China.

Funding

Qilu University of Technology No. QIT24TP037Qilu University of Technology No. QIT25LSKJ002Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation Nos. ZR2025QC1333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osmotic energy conversion (blue energy), serving as a sustainable marine renewable energy source, converts Gibbs free energy originating from salt concentration differences into electric power by virtue of ion-selective nanofluidic membranes. Conventional commercial ion-exchange polymer membranes suffer from inherent limitations, including low transmembrane flux, insufficient ion permselectivity, severe interfacial concentration polarization, poor salt tolerance, and unsatisfactory long-term structural stability. These drawbacks greatly restrict the energy conversion efficiency and large-scale engineering application of reverse electrodialysis (RED). Conductive polymers (CPs), mainly including polypyrrole (PPy), polyaniline (PANI), polythiophene (PTh), and their derivatives, possess the distinctive merits of tunable surface charge density and polarity, outstanding electronic conductivity, facile nanochannel structural regulation, and reversible redox responsiveness, making them ideal building blocks for advanced nanofluidic membranes for high-efficiency osmotic energy conversion. This review summarizes recent progress in the fabrication of conductive polymer-based nanofluidic membranes, comprehensively compares the osmotic output performance of typical CP material systems, and discusses the core metrics of osmotic energy conversion output performance. By providing an overview of these developments, this review aims to offer insights into the future development of conductive polymer-based nanofluidic membranes for osmotic energy conversion.

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conductive polymerion permselectivitynanofluidic membraneosmotic energy conversionpolyanilinepolypyrrolereverse electrodialysis

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PMID42783539
PMCPMC13608889

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