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Pulsed chronopotentiometric membrane electrodes based on plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) with covalently bound ferrocene functionalities as solid contact transducer

Pawlak, Marcin ; Grygolowicz-Pawlak, Ewa ; Bakker, Eric

In: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2012, vol. 84, no. 10, p. 2045-2054

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    Titre
    • Pulsed chronopotentiometric membrane electrodes based on plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) with covalently bound ferrocene functionalities as solid contact transducer
    Auteur
    • Pawlak, Marcin. Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai E.-Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    • Grygolowicz-Pawlak, Ewa. Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai E.-Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    • Bakker, Eric. Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai E.-Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2012, vol. 84, no. 10, p. 2045-2054. De Gruyter
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:300957
    Summary
    Ion-selective membrane materials based on poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)-containing covalently attached redox-active ferrocene (Fc) groups are characterized here as all-solid-state pulsed voltammetric ion sensors. The redox capacity of the membrane increases 7-fold with a doubling of the Fc content and 3-fold with the addition of 10 wt % of the lipophilic electrolyte ETH 500, tetradodecylammonium tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate. This salt improves the ionic conductivity of the membrane and appears to make the Fc groups electrochemically more accessible. A too high content of the two, on the other hand, was found to cause undesired sensitivity to redox-active species present in the sample solution. Dilution of the membrane with a plasticizer eliminated this redox sensitivity while preserving its high redox capacity. A practical application of the designed electrodes in electrochemical analysis was demonstrated with a multi-pulse protocol that includes a current-controlled ion uptake pulse, followed by an open-circuit potential (OCP) measurement and a regeneration pulse. Potentiometric calibration curves obtained with this protocol exhibited a linear response with near-Nernstian slopes for acetate, nitrate, chloride, and perchlorate ions with the selectivity expected for an ion-exchanging membrane