Modeling Cyclic Voltammetry
In a cyclic voltammetry experiment, a potentiostat is used to sweep the voltage at the working electrode linearly from a start potential to a vertex potential, and back again. Typically, the potential window is chosen to span the formal potential of a redox couple of interest, allowing both the kinetics and transport properties of the chemical species to be investigated. The target species reacts under kinetic control to the point of depletion where the current becomes transport-controlled.
The built-in
Cyclic Voltammetry
study step in the
Electroanalysis
interface can be used to automatically set up the voltage sweep in a time-dependent study.