Abstract
Accurately constructing membranes based on two-dimensional (2D)
materials on commercial porous substrates remains a significant
challenge for H2 purification. In this work, a series of tubular 2D
MXene membranes are prepared on commercial porous stainless steel
substrates via fast electrophoretic deposition. Compared with other
methods, such as filtration or drop coating, etc. such preparation route
shows the advantages of simple operation, high efficiency for membrane
assembly (within 5 min) with attractive reproducibility, and ease for
scale-up. The tubular MXene membranes present excellent gas separation
performance with hydrogen permeance of 1290 GPU and H2/CO2 selectivity
of 55. Furthermore, the membrane displays extremely stable performance
during the long-term test for more than 1250 h, and about 93% of the
membranes from one batch have exceeded the DOE target for CO2 capture.
Most importantly, this work provides a valuable referential significance
for other types of 2D materials-based membranes for future application
development.