Ionic rectification properties of a bipolar interface consisting of a cationic surfactant and cation-exchange membrane.
A novel bipolar interface that consists of cationic surfactant and cation-exchange membrane was successfully prepared in an aqueous electrolyte system. This bipolar interface shows a ionic rectification behavior similar to that observed in bipolar membranes. However, different from bipolar membranes, this system has a total rectification behavior, where we cannot observe the occurrence of a water-splitting phenomenon, which always occurs in the bipolar membrane process under reverse bias conditions.
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Veinardi
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Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152, Japan.
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Rie
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Tanioka
Akihiko
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