The ion selectivity exhibited by different types of membrane electrodes is rationalized by a theoretical treatment of the membrane potential. An equation, which is admirably suited for the interpolation of e.m.f.-values, is derived for the electrode response of membrane electrodes of the electrically neutral ligand type (antibiotics, model compounds) to mixed solutions of monovalent and divalen...

Synthesize carbon-based metal-free catalysts and • carbon-composite catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Optimize catalytic active reaction sites as a function • of carbon support, surface oxygen groups, nitrogen content, surface modifiers, pyrolysis temperature, porosity, and the concentration of the non-metallic additive “X” in the catalyst matrix. Evaluate catalyst stability under ...

Sol-gel and polymeric membrane electrodes, based on thiacalix[4]arene as a neutral carrier, weresuccessfully developed for the detection of VO2+ in aqueous solutions. The sol-gel and PVCmembrane electrodes exhibited linear response with Nernstian slopes of 29.3 and 28.4 mV perdecade, respectively, within the vanadyl ion concentration ranges from 1.0 × 10-6 to 1.0 × 10-1mol dm-3 and from 1.0 × 1...