An appropriate MXene nanosheet solution was diluted to 0.25 mg/ml for
use. The tubular porous stainless steel modified with multi-walled CNTs
was put into a homemade electrophoretic deposition (EPD) device
containing the MXene solution to construct a membrane via
electrophoresis. The schematic diagram of the fabrication process of the
tubular MXene/SS membrane is shown in Figure 1B. The electrophoresis
voltage was 5 V with electrophoresis time in the range of
0~5 min. The electrophoresis time could be controlled to
adjust the desired membrane
thickness.
FIGURE 1 Schematics of the fabrication processes of A)
Ti3C2TX MXene nanosheets
and B) tubular MXene/SS membrane supported on the stainless steel.