Cyclic Voltammetry - A Versatile Electrochemical Method Investigating Electron Transfer Processes

N. Aristov¹ and A. Habekost^1,

¹Department of Chemistry, University of Education Ludwigsburg, Reuteallee, Ludwigsburg, Germany

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N. Aristov and 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

Abstract

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.

Keywords

third-year undergraduate, analytical, electrochemistry, hands-on learning/manipulatives, laboratory instructions

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