INORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL ELECTRON-TRANSFER ACROSS AN ELECTRONICALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE POLYMER MEMBRANE

Citation
Dr. Lawson et al., INORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL ELECTRON-TRANSFER ACROSS AN ELECTRONICALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE POLYMER MEMBRANE, Chemistry of materials, 5(4), 1993, pp. 400-402
Citations number
8
Journal title
ISSN journal
08974756
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
400 - 402
Database
ISI
SICI code
0897-4756(1993)5:4<400:IABEAA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Electron-transfer reactions can be driven across polypyrrole-containin g membranes because polypyrrole is both electronically and ionically c onductive. This paper provides experimental proof of this concept. A p olypyrrole composite membrane separates a solution of an electron dono r from a solution of an electron acceptor. The polymer channels electr ons and ions across the membrane so that a sustained transmembrane red ox reaction occurs. Examples of both inorganic and biological transmem brane redox processes are provided.