Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Conspectus The salinity gradient between seawater and river water has been identified as a
promising, clean, renewable, and sustainable energy source that can be converted into …

Nanofluidic membranes have been demonstrated as promising candidates for osmotic
energy harvesting. However, it remains a long-standing challenge to fabricate high …

Bioinspired asymmetric nanofluidic ion channels with ionic diode behavior that can boost
the osmotic energy (so‐called blue energy) conversion are highly desirable, especially if …

Developing ion‐selective membranes with anti‐biofouling property and biocompatibility is
highly crucial in harvesting osmotic energy in natural environments and for future biomimetic …

The design of ion‐selective membranes is the key towards efficient reverse electrodialysis‐
based osmotic power conversion. The tradeoff between ion selectivity (output voltage) and …

Electric eels can convert ionic concentration gradients into a high-efficiency power via a
large number of sub-2 nm transmembrane ion channels, which can exhibit high ion …

Salinity gradient power (SGP) has been identified as a promising renewable energy source.
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) are two membrane …

The increase of energy demand added to the concern for environmental pollution linked to
energy generation based on the combustion of fossil fuels has motivated the study and …

Both ion permeability and selectivity of membranes are crucial for nanofluidic behavior.
However, it remains a long‐standing challenge for 2D materials to balance these two factors …