Dg. Bessarabov et al., Galvanodynamic study of the electrochemical switching effect in perfluorinated cation-exchange membranes modified by ethylenediamine, J MEMBR SCI, 194(1), 2001, pp. 81-90
Perfluorinated sulfonyl-fluoride cation-exchange flat-sheet membranes were
treated with ethylene diamine to investigate the influence of EDA-surface-t
reatment on the process of electrochemical "switching" in such membranes. T
he galvanodynamic method was used to obtain i-V cyclic curves of the membra
nes. Electroless chemical deposition of Pt particles on modified membranes
was achieved using the Takenaka-Torikai method. Galvanodynamic i-V cyclic c
urves of the plain and platinum-containing aminated membranes were compared
. Chemical modification of the membrane surface and membrane structure was
investigated by means of electrical conductivity measurements and IR-spectr
oscopy. Experimental results indicated that the "switching" phenomenon is m
ore likely to occur due to a pH change in the electrolyte resulting in the
formation of additional fixed-charged groups in the aminated layers of the
membranes rather than due to heterolytic dissociation of water according to
the second Wien effect. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
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