In this study, we investigate the influence of cation intercalation on the water transport through GOMs. For that, we intercalate different types of ions (NaCl, KCl, MgCl 2 , CaCl 2 and FeCl 3 ) with varying water affinities allowing to manipulate the number of hydrogen bonds attracted to the intercalated cation. This leads to the observation of an unintuitive trend.