Post Go back to editing

using SensorPal for Cyclic Voltammetry

Thread Summary

The user encountered issues with cyclic voltammetry (CV) using the AD5941 demo board and SensorPal, failing to observe redox peaks in a ferrocyanide solution. The problem was resolved by rechecking and correcting the connections between the alligator clips and the electrodes. The settings used were: Initial Potential -500 mV, Final Potential 500 mV, Step Potential 10 μV, Scan Rate 100 mV/s, Current Range ±300 μA, Calibration Resistor 10000 Ω, RLoad 10 Ω.
AI Generated Content

We’ve been trying to use SensorPal and the AD5941 demo board to do Cyclic Voltammetry of an electrode in ferrocyanide. With our commercial potentiostat, we are able to see the standard redox peaks (see the red lines),

We tried replicating the CV with the AD enclosed alligator clips (connecting the red crocodile clip CE0 and blue RE0 to the counter electrode of the sensor and the green SE0 to the working electrode as is done using the lab potentiostat), but then we don’t see anything.

These are the settings we used for SensorPal:

Measurement Parameters Settings:

Cyclic Voltammetry

Initial Potential

-500

mV

Final Potential

500

mV

Step Potential

10

µV

Scan Rate

100

mV/s

Current Range

± 300 µA

Calibration Resistor

10000

Ω

RLoad

10 Ω

Here's a photo of the board with the configured jumpers:

Is there anything obvious we are doing wrong here?