What is the Compliance Voltage of a potentiostat?

Wondering why your the current in your electrochemical measurement in suddenly decaying? Want to know what is the compliance voltage of a potentiostat? Dr. Lutz Stratmann will explain this and more in the following 8 minutes.

Chapters in the video

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 0:18 Three-electrode system
  • 1:17 Cell potential
  • 1:45 Compliance voltage
  • 2:00 What happens at the counter electrode?
  • 4:11 Implications of compliance voltage
  • 6:05 How do I know I run into the compliance voltage during a CV in PSTrace?
  • 7:50 Tips to avoid running into the compliance voltage
  • 8:26 Please subscribe
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