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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10871464-B2
Application number	US-201615754450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	Sep 14, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

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 AaMx[M′(CN)6]y□z.kH2O. 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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Hitachi High Tech Corp

Inventors

• Ishige Yu
• Schuhmann Wolfgang
• Klink Stefan

Classifications

• G01N27/3335 Primary

  the membrane containing at least one organic component (G01N27/3271 takes precedence; aspects concerning the enzyme reagent in enzyme electrodes C12Q1/001) · CPC title

• G01N27/333 Primary

  Ion-selective electrodes or membranes (glass electrodes G01N27/36) · CPC title