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Solid-Contact Potentiometric Cell with Symmetry

Published inAnalytical chemistry, vol. 94, no. 2, p. 612-617
Publication date2022-01-18
First online date2021-12-27
Abstract

By its nature, a traditional potentiometric cell composed of an Ag/AgCl-based reference electrode and a solid-contact indicating electrode is not symmetric. This results in undesirable potential drifts in response to a common perturbation such as a temperature change of the sample. We propose here an approach to restore symmetry by constructing a cell with two identical solid-contact ISEs used as reference and indicating electrodes. In this arrangement, the reference electrode is immersed in a compartment containing a constant background of an ion of interest, while the indicating electrode is directly immersed in the sample solution. This approach was successfully demonstrated for a cell composed of nitrate-selective electrodes with the hydrophobic derivative of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) as a transducer layer. In particular, the symmetric setup is shown to lower by 4-5 times the observed potential drift resulting from temperature changes between +25 and +5 °C.

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  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme - AQISE [2155004828]
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ZDRACHEK, Elena, FORREST, Tara, BAKKER, Eric. Solid-Contact Potentiometric Cell with Symmetry. In: Analytical chemistry, 2022, vol. 94, n° 2, p. 612–617. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04722
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