This week’s HOT article is by Magnus Berggren and co-workers at Linköping University, Sweden. The paper presents three different designs of micro-fabricated ion bipolar membrane diodes (IBMDs), which the authors demonstrate overcoming some of the problems of traditional fast switching ion diodes, such as accumulation of ions inside the device structure.
The first two designs are bipolar membranes which are capable of either splitting water or providing high current rectification. The third design incorporates the previous two, connecting the bipolar membranes in series, meaning that suppression of ion accumulation is achieved.
Ion diode logics for pH control
Erik O. Gabrielsson, Klas Tybrandt and Magnus Berggren
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40093F
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