IP Library Granted Patent US 10,871,464
Granted Patent B2
US 10,871,464 · App. 15/754,450 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Ion-selective electrode, method of manufacture thereof, and cartridge

Inventors: Yu Ishige (Tokyo, JP); Wolfgang Schuhmann (Bochum, DE); Stefan Klink (Bochum, DE)
Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
G01N27/333G01N27/3335
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Patent No.
US 10,871,464
App. No.
15/754,450
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a solid-contact ion-selective electrode having a high potential stability and potential reproducibility. The ion-selective electrode includes an ion sensitive film having a Group-1 element ion, a Group-2 element ion, a hydronium ion or an ammonium ion as a target ion, an ion occluding material layer, and a conductive electrode, wherein the ion occluding material contained in the ion occludes material layer occluding the target ion, the ion occluding material being a Prussian blue analog represented by the structure formula A a M x [M′(CN) 6 ] y □ z .kH 2 O. Herein, A is one type or a plurality of types of Group-1 elements, Group-2 elements, hydronium, or ammonium; M and M′ are one type or a plurality of types of transition metals; M or M′ includes at least one of nickel, cobalt, copper, silver, and cadmium; □ is a vacancy in a porous coordination polymer; x and y are greater than zero; and a, z, and k are numbers equal to or greater than zero.

Claims (67)

1. An ion-selective electrode comprising:

an ion sensitive film having a Group-1 element ion, a Group-2 element ion, a hydronium ion or an ammonium ion as a target ion;

an ion occluding material layer; and

a conductive electrode,

wherein an ion occluding material contained in the ion occluding material layer occludes the target ion,

the ion occluding material being a Prussian blue analog represented by structure formula A a M x [M′(CN) 6 ] y □ z kH 2 O, wherein

A is at least one of a Group-1 element, a Group-2 element, hydronium, or ammonium,

M and M′ are at least one type of transition metals,

M or M′ includes at least one of nickel, cobalt, copper, silver, and cadmium,

□ is a vacancy in a porous coordination polymer, and

x and y are greater than zero; and a, z, and k are numbers equal to or greater than zero.

2. A cartridge comprising a plurality of ion-selective electrodes,

wherein when one of the ion-selective electrodes is made as an ion-selective electrode A, and the other ion-selective electrode is made as an ion-selective electrode B,

the ion-selective electrode A and the ion-selective electrode B comprising:

an ion sensitive film having a Group-1 element ion, a Group-2 element ion, a Group-17 element ion, a hydronium ion or an ammonium ion as a target ion;

an ion occluding material layer; and

a conductive electrode, wherein

an ion occluding material contained in the ion occluding material layer occludes the target ion,

the ion occluding material is a porous coordination polymer, and

the target ion of the ion-selective electrode A is different from the target ion of the ion-selective electrode B,

the ion occluding material being a Prussian blue analog represented by structure formula A a M x [M′(CN) 6 ] y □ z .kH 2 O, wherein

A is at least one type of Group-1 elements, Group-2 elements, hydronium, or ammonium,

M and M′ are at least one type of transition metals,

M or M′ includes at least one of nickel, cobalt, copper, silver, and cadmium,

□ is a vacancy in a porous coordination polymer, and

x and y are greater than zero; and a, z, and k are numbers equal to or greater than zero.

3. A method of manufacturing an ion-selective electrode,

wherein the ion-selective electrode includes an ion sensitive film having a Group-1 element ion, a Group-2 element ion, a Group-17 element ion, a hydronium ion or an ammonium ion as a target ion, an ion occluding material layer, and a conductive electrode, and the ion occluding material layer includes a porous coordination polymer, the method comprising:

a step of manufacturing the porous coordination polymer including:

a step of mixing Solution A containing a transition metal M with Solution B containing a transition metal M′; and

a step of recovering the porous coordination polymer from a product of the mixture,

the transition metal M and the transition metal M′ are the same or different,

at least Solution A contains the transition metal M in at least two different ions that have different valences, and

at least one of Solution A and Solution B contains an organic ligand;

adhering the ion occluding material layer to the conductive electrode; and

adhering the ion sensitive film to the ion occluding material layer.

4. The method of manufacturing the ion-selective electrode according to claim 3 , comprising:

a step of examining a state of the porous coordination polymer recovered from the product of the mixture; and

a step of adjusting a mixing ratio of the different ions of the transition metal M contained in Solution A or the mixing ratio of Solution A and Solution B based on the state of the porous coordination polymer.

5. The method of manufacturing the ion-selective electrode according to claim 4 ,

wherein elemental analysis is performed in the step of examining the state of the recovered porous coordination polymer.

6. The method of manufacturing the ion-selective electrode according to claim 4 ,

wherein the step of examining the state of the porous coordination polymer includes measuring a voltage potential of the ion-selective electrode.

7. The method of manufacturing the ion-selective electrode according to claim 4 ,

wherein absorbance is measured in the step of examining the state of the porous coordination polymer.

8. The method of manufacturing the ion-selective electrode according to claim 4 ,

wherein the step of examining the state of the porous coordination polymer includes determining whether an ion occlusion ratio of the ion occluding material layer, which is a ratio of ions occluded by the ion occluding material to all ions in the porous coordination polymer, is in a range of 0.1 to 0.9.

9. A method of manufacturing an ion-selective electrode,

wherein the ion-selective electrode includes an ion sensitive film having a Group-1 element ion, a Group-2 element ion, a Group-17 element ion, a hydronium ion or an ammonium ion as a target ion, an ion occluding material layer, and a conductive electrode, the method comprising:

a step of manufacturing the ion occluding material layer including:

a step of dispersing an ion occluding material into a solution;

a step of adding an oxidation-reduction substance to the solution in which the ion occluding material is dispersed; and

a step of recovering the ion occluding material from the solution in which the oxidation-reduction substance is added, in which an ion occlusion ratio, which is a ratio of ions occluded by the ion occluding material to all ions in the oxidation-reduction substance, is adjusted by the addition of the oxidation-reduction substance;

adhering the ion occluding material layer to the conductive electrode; and

adhering the ion sensitive film to the ion occluding material layer.

10. The method of manufacturing the ion-selective electrode according to claim 9 ,

wherein the ion occlusion rate of the ion occluding material layer is adjusted to a range of 0.1 to 0.9.

11. A method of manufacturing an ion-selective electrode,

wherein the ion-selective electrode includes an ion sensitive film having a Group-1 element ion, a Group-2 element ion, a Group-17 element ion, a hydronium ion or an ammonium ion as a target ion, an ion occluding material layer, and a conductive electrode, the method comprising:

a step of manufacturing the ion occluding material layer including:

a step of preparing a first ion occluding material in which an ion occlusion rate of the target ion is a first value;

a step of preparing a second ion occluding material in which the ion occlusion rate of the target ion is a second value; and

a step of mixing the first ion occluding material with the second ion occluding material;

adhering the ion occluding material layer to the conductive electrode; and

adhering the ion sensitive film to the ion occluding material layer.

12. The method of manufacturing the ion-selective electrode according to claim 11 ,

wherein the ion occlusion ratio of the ion occluding material layer is adjusted to a range of 0.1 to 0.9.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 14, 2020
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052398/0249 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2018
From: ISHIGE, YU; SCHUHMANN, WOLFGANG; KLINK, STEFAN
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045007/0966 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-181186 · Sep 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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