Electrolytic eluent generators with stabilized operating voltages

A method comprising:

• providing an aqueous electrolyte solution to an electrolyte reservoir, the aqueous electrolyte solution including an electrolyte and a surfactant, the electrolyte reservoir coupled to an eluent generation chamber by an ion exchange connector, the ion exchange connector including an ion exchange membrane stack and a compression block, the compression block having channels such that the aqueous electrolyte solution is in direct contact with the ion exchange membrane stack;
• applying a voltage or current across a first electrode in the eluent generation chamber and a second electrode in the electrolyte reservoir;
• electrolytically splitting water at the first electrode to form a hydroxide anion or a hydronium ion in the eluent generation chamber, wherein electrolytically splitting water results in dissolved gasses in the aqueous electrolyte solution and the surfactant, wherein the surfactant in the aqueous electrolyte solution prevents bubbles formed from the dissolved gasses from blocking the channels;
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• migrating an ion from the aqueous electrolyte solution in the electrolyte reservoir through the ion exchange membrane stack to the eluent generation chamber to combine with the hydroxide anion to form a cation hydroxide solution or the hydronium ion to form an anion acid solution for ion chromatography.