Now recall there are two types of electrochemical cells, one that produces electricity and one that consumes it. In this video we're going to take a look at galvanic cells. Remember, galvanic cell, or sometimes called a voltaic cell, is a spontaneous electrochemical cell that produces electricity. And since it's making electricity, it's basically a battery.
Here we're going to say the way it does this is it uses stored chemical energy and converts it into electrical energy. I remember it utilizes this through the through redox reaction. We have oxidation. We're losing electron reduction where we're gaining an electron. The transferring of this electron through a conductive wire is what produces our electricity.
So just remember our galvanic cell is spontaneous, it produces electricity. So in essence it's a battery. It's utilizing the chemical energy of a redox reaction and converting it into a electrical energy source.
