Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Chemical Education 2375-1657 3 5 2015 09 11 Cyclic Voltammetry - A Versatile Electrochemical Method Investigating Electron Transfer Processes 115 119 EN N. Aristov A. Habekost Department of Chemistry, University of Education Ludwigsburg, Reuteallee, Ludwigsburg, Germany WJCE2015352 10.12691/wjce-3-5-2 2015 07 11 2015 08 25 2015 09 11 Three experiments are presented to introduce students to the capabilities of cyclic voltammetry (CV) for finding redox couples suitable for, e.g., battery development. The systems chosen involve only one-electron transfer, but already display complex behaviours that can be delineated with CV as being reversible, quasi-reversible, or irreversible, and the rate constants for the electron transfer can be estimated by the theory of Nicholson and Shain.