Overpotential
Last Updated: 3/4/19 by Support
1Overpotential
The difference between the standard electrode potential
Standard Electrode Potential
of a half-reaction
Half-Reaction
and the potential physically being applied to the working electrode
Working Electrode
in an electrochemical system.
Electrochemical System
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