Electrode potential

Alright kiddo, so have you ever seen a battery before? It's that thing that gives power to your toys and devices.

Now, the battery has two ends, one is called the positive terminal and the other is called the negative terminal. When you connect a wire from the positive end to the negative end of the battery, you create a circuit and electricity flows through the wire, which then helps the device work.

Now, the energy that is created by the battery comes from a chemical reaction inside of it, and that reaction happens between two different materials called electrodes.

One of the electrodes is called the anode, and the other is called the cathode. When these two electrodes are placed in the battery, they create a difference in electric charge called the electrode potential.

This means that the anode has a high potential for releasing electrical energy, while the cathode has a high potential for accepting it.

So, when we talk about electrode potential, we're really talking about the ability of one material to give away electrons to the other, and the ability of the other material to accept those electrons.

This process is what allows the battery to create electricity, and once you understand the basics of how electrode potential works, you can understand a lot more about how batteries and other electrical devices function.