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S&M503 Research Paper in Biosensors and Related Areas Published: 2002 Fabrication of a Flow Cell for Electrochemical Impedance Measurements [PDF] Kosuke Hayama, Hiroki Tanaka, Myung-Jong Ju, Kenshi Hayashi and Kiyoshi Toko Keywords: electrochemical impedance, liquid junction, reference electrode, flow cell
A flow cell incorporating a liquid junction was fabricated for sequential analysis using the surface-polarity-controlled sensor. In the present flow cell, a porous wall or an S-shaped route acts as a liquid junction to prevent contamination of the reference-electrode solution. The stability of the electric potential of the Ag/AgCl reference electrode in these flow-cell systems was studied, and both of the liquid junctions were highly effective in keeping the electrode potential stable. In the surface-polarity-control method, good agreement of sensor response was confirmed between the batch system and the flow-cell system with the S-shaped junction, although large resistance of the porous wall junction influenced the estimation of the impedance of the working electrode/solution interface. A portable and general-purpose chemical sensor can possibly be realized using the surface-polarity-controlled sensor with a flow-cell system which utilizes flow injection analysis.
Cite this article Kosuke Hayama, Hiroki Tanaka, Myung-Jong Ju, Kenshi Hayashi and Kiyoshi Toko, Fabrication of a Flow Cell for Electrochemical Impedance Measurements, Sens. Mater., Vol. 14, No. 8, 2002, p. 443-454. |