Electrical modulation of the solution pH near polyaniline and its composite electrodes

Takashi Sawai*, Hiroaki Shinohara, Yoshihito Ikariyama, Masuo Aizawa

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Abstract

The pH in the vicinity of a thin conducting polymer-coated electrode was electrochemically modulated without electrolysis of water. A pH modulator was constructed by depositing polyaniline and its composites with polystyrene sulphonate or polyperfluorosulphuric acid (Nafion®) thin membrane onto the surface of Pt, Au plate or graphite sheet electrodes. Changes in pH were measured directly using an IS-FET pH sensor. The pH changed by two orders of magnitude within several tens of ms near the polyaniline-coated electrode in a solution without hydrogen and oxygen evolution. The rate of ion transfer in the membrane matrix was determined in relation to the proposed analysis of chronoamperometry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)221-230
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Volume283
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990/04/25

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Electrochemistry

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