• Andrey Legin
  • Sergey Makarychev-Mikhailov
  • John Mortensen
  • Yuri Vlasov

Solvent polymeric membranes based on quaternary ammonium salt tridodecylmethylammonium chloride (TDDMAC1) with variable concentration of lipophilic inert electrolyte (ETH 500), plasticized with solvents of different nature were investigated by potentiometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. DOS-plasticized membranes exhibited increased selectivity to divalent anions in agreement with the phase-boundary potential model. Conductivity mechanism in such membranes was proposed on the basis of the data on conductivity, activation energy of conductivity and pre-exponential factor and assuming the formation of electrolyte-containing water droplets in the membrane, facilitated by ETH 500.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5203-5207
Number of pages5
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume49
Issue number28
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2004

    Research areas

  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Ion-selective electrodes, Lipophilic inert electrolyte, Potentiometry

    Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Electrochemistry

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