Polymers of intrinsic microporosity in electrochemistry: Anion uptake and transport effects in thin film electrodes and in free-standing ionic diode membranes

Yuanyang Rong, Adam Kolodziej, Elena Madrid, Mariolino Carta, Richard Malpass-Evans, Neil B. McKeown, Frank Marken*

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Abstract

Anion uptake and charge transport in a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (here PIM-EA-TB) is investigated for three cases: (i) the oxidation of ferrocene embedded into a thin film of PIM-EA-TB on a glassy carbon electrode, (ii) the reduction of protons absorbed into a thin film of PIM-EA-TB on a platinum electrode, and (iii) the potential-driven transport of anions and protons in an asymmetrically deposited free-standing PIM-EA-TB membrane working as a current rectifier or "ionic diode". In all three cases the competing effects of the diameter and hydrophobicity (size and hydration energy) of the anion are important. For free-standing membranes very high ionic diode rectification ratios (>10(3) at +/- 1 V) are observed in particular for thicker deposits of PIM-EA-TB and for chloride or perchlorate containing electrolyte. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-249
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of electroanalytical chemistry
Volume779
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2015

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Catalysis
  • Ion exchange
  • Voltammetry
  • Ferrocene
  • Permselectivity
  • Water
  • HYDROGEN STORAGE
  • PERCHLORATE
  • SEPARATIONS
  • OXIDATION
  • SALINITY

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