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Pressure-Driven Bipolar Electrochemistry
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011)
  • Ioana Dumitrescu, University of Texas at Austin
  • Robbyn K. Anand, University of Texas at Austin
  • Stephen E. Fosdick, University of Texas at Austin
  • Richard M. Crooks, University of Texas at Austin
Abstract

Here we report that pressure-driven flow alone (no external electrical energy) can be used to drive faradaic electrochemical reactions in microchannels with charged walls. Specifically, we show that solution flow can generate streaming potentials on the order of volts and that this is sufficient to carry out reactions on the anodic and cathodic poles of a bipolar electrode (BPE). The existence of faradaic reactions is proven by electrodissolution of Ag from the anodic end of the BPE.

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Publication Date
March, 2011
Publisher Statement
Reprinted (adapted) with permission from Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (2011): 4687, doi:10.1021/ja111050h. Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society.
Citation Information
Ioana Dumitrescu, Robbyn K. Anand, Stephen E. Fosdick and Richard M. Crooks. "Pressure-Driven Bipolar Electrochemistry" Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 133 Iss. 13 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robbyn_anand/6/