Essay On Cyclic Voltammogram

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different electrochemical reaction [29, 29]. The sweep rates in cyclic voltammetry can be about the same as in single sweep voltammetry.
Cyclic voltammetry makes possible the elucidation of the kinetics of electrochemical reactions taking place at the electrode surface [31, 32]. In a typical voltammogram, there can be several peaks. From the sweep-rate dependence of the possible to investigate the role of adsorption, diffusion and coupled homogeneous chemical reaction mechanism. [33]
The important parameters of a cyclic voltammogram are the magnitudes of anodic peak current (ipa), the cathodic peak current (ipc), the anodic peak potential (Epa) and cathodic peak potential (Epc). The basic shape of the current verses potential response for a cyclic voltammetry experiment as shown (Fig. 1.2). At the start of the experiment, the bulk solution contains only the oxidized form of the redox couple so that at potenials lower than the redox potential, i.e. the initial potential, there is no net conversion of oxidized species (O) into reduced species (R) (point A). As redox potential is approached, there is net cathodic current which increases exponentially with potential. As O is converted to R, concentration gradients are set up for both O and R, and diffusion occurs down these concentration gradients. At the cathodic peak (point B), the redox potential is sufficiently negative that any O that reaches the electrode surface is instantaneously reduced to R. Therefore, …show more content…

Therefore any changes in the cell are ascribable to the working electrode. The control of potential of working electrode with respect to reference electrode is equivalent of the controlling of energy of electrons within the working electrode. As shown in Fig. 1.3, scanning the potential in the negative direction makes the electrode a stronger reductant, whereas scanning the potential in the positive direction makes it a better

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