The difference between the calculated voltage (based on standard potentials) and the actual voltage required to cause electrolysis is called overvoltage.
Electrolysis is the technique of causing a chemical change in a substance by passing an electric current through it. The substance either loses or gets an electron during the chemical transition (oxidation or reduction). The procedure is carried out in an electrolytic cell, a device made up of positive and negative electrodes that are kept apart and submerged in a solution with ions that are both positively and negatively charged. The chemical that needs to be converted might either be dissolved in the solution or could form the electrode. The negatively charged electrode (cathode) receives electrical current (i.e., electrons), which travels there and combines with the components of the solution to convert them (reduced).
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