Electrolysis of Baking Soda separated by semi permeable membrane I have dissolved baking soda in battery water (de-ionized), in a glass beaker and used a food handling glove (vinyl) as a semi-permeable membrane to separate a graphite electrode from a copper electrode. This is for an experiment that will use the copper electrode for the reaction and not the graphite electrode. When I apply a voltage $(\pu{12 V})$ and use a multimeter to measure the voltage, I get roughly $\pu{11 V}$ passing through the vinyl glove, however, no bubbles are produced, but if I remove the glove and have both electrodes in the beaker, then loads of bubbles are produced. So, will my experiment still work if the voltage is passing through the glove and there are no bubbles?
The primary problem is too low permeability = too high resistence of the gloves, causing high voltage drop where it should be minimal one. 

The gloves are not hydrophilic enough for electrolyte soaking to get low resistance.

The remaining voltage - after subtracting the glove voltage drop - is not high enough to cause electrolysis by significant current.

You may try to use a salt bridge, as a passthru vessel with porous glass ends, or a gel formed from an electrolyte solution.

You may also want to try a compartment created from a glued filtration paper, or other hydrophilic porous material, impregnated by an electrolyte, preferably sharing one of ions with both free solutions.

For the paper, be aware  of the same leveling on both compartments, otherwise. the paper will do its major purpose filtering. Eventually, more compact paper may be better, like the thick charts for paper painting.