1Department of Chemistry, University of Education Ludwigsburg, Reuteallee, Ludwigsburg, Germany
World Journal of Chemical Education.
2015,
Vol. 3 No. 5, 115-119
DOI: 10.12691/wjce-3-5-2
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: N. Aristov, A. Habekost. Cyclic Voltammetry - A Versatile Electrochemical Method Investigating Electron Transfer Processes.
World Journal of Chemical Education. 2015; 3(5):115-119. doi: 10.12691/wjce-3-5-2.
Correspondence to: A. Habekost, Department of Chemistry, University of Education Ludwigsburg, Reuteallee, Ludwigsburg, Germany. Email:
a.habekost@t-online.deAbstract
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.
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