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ArticleMembranes2026

Oxygen Plasma-Modified Graphene Composite Membranes for Enhanced Forward Osmosis Performance: Mitigating Reverse Salt Flux and Improving Permeability.

Keyuan Zhang, Yan Wu, Yue Jiang, Qi Han, Minmin Zhang, Li Feng, Liqiu Zhang

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7 authors.

Keyuan ZhangBeijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
Yan WuBeijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
Yue JiangBeijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
Qi HanBeijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
Minmin ZhangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Environmental Pollution Control, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
Li FengBeijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
Liqiu ZhangBeijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 5230100781National Natural Science Foundation of China 52400002the Open Research Subject of Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Environmental Pollution Control 2024Z01
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Abstract

Forward osmosis (FO) membranes face challenges in balancing high water permeability, low reverse salt flux (RSF), and mechanical durability. Although nanopores in graphene have great theoretical potential, the existing methods make it difficult to independently optimize the nanopores of the graphene layer and the microstructure of the substrate without damaging each other. Here, we propose a defect engineering strategy based on oxygen plasma etching to address this collaborative optimization challenge. Monolayer porous graphene (PG) was integrated with polysulfone (Psf) substrates, followed by oxygen plasma etching to introduce nanopores and oxygen-containing functional groups (e.g., carboxyl, hydroxyl). By controlling the etching time to 10 s, the resulting membrane (S-PG10) exhibited a water flux of 0.24 LMH in 0.5 M NaCl, representing an order-of-magnitude increase compared to the pristine graphene membrane (S-G). Remarkably, S-PG10 maintained a high salt rejection (>96%) and a low

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forward osmosismonolayer porous grapheneoxygen plasmasalt rejectionseparation performance

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PMID41893287
PMCPMC13028585

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