Chronopotentiometry of pure electrolytes with anion-exchange donnan exclusion membranes

Gaston A Crespo; Majid Ghahraman Afsar; Eric Bakker

doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2014.08.007

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Chronopotentiometry of pure electrolytes with anion-exchange donnan exclusion membranes

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Chronopotentiometry of pure electrolytes with anion-exchange donnan exclusion membranes

Gaston A Crespo, Majid Ghahraman Afsar and Eric Bakker

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol.731, pp.100-106

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2014.08.007

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Analytical Chemistry

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

chronopotentiometry

perm-selective membranes

ion-selective membranes

electrical migration

We explore here the chronopotentiometric responses of pure electrolytes with anion-exchange Donnan exclusion membranes (IEDEM). As these electrolytes are locally depleted at the membrane surface in the absence of background electrolyte, electrical migration cannot be neglected. Yet, a linear relationship between the signal readout (square root of the transition time, Ï„0.5) and the electrolyte concentration is observed, albeit with much larger apparent diffusion coefficients than expected. We develop here a simplified migration-diffusion model based on the Nernst-Planck equation to explain the experimental data. As the flux of the counterion at the membrane surface must be zero for a permselective membrane, electrical migration is understood to precisely counteract the contribution of diffusional mass transport. This results in a simplified understanding of the mass transport processes at such membranes. Numerical simulations are performed to compare the predicted and experimental data. Based on these mechanistic and practical insights, permselective anion-exchange membranes are shown to respond to a range of ions in a similar fashion in the concentration range of 0.1-10 mM. The membranes are able to sustain significantly high current densities of 0.4 mA mm-2 and may become useful as ion detectors or counter electrode separation materials.

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Title: Chronopotentiometry of pure electrolytes with anion-exchange donnan exclusion membranes
Authors: Gaston A Crespo (Author) - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Majid Ghahraman Afsar (Author) - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Eric Bakker (Author) - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Publication details: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol.731, pp.100-106
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2014.08.007
ISSN: 1572-6657
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449087602621
Output Type: Journal article

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