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Standard reduction potential: The voltage associated with a reduction reaction at an electrode when all solutes are 1M and all gases are at 1 atm. The hydrogen electrode is called the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE).
Standard emf: Eocell is composed of a contribution from the anode and a contribution from the cathode is given by,
Where both
Electrolysis: The process in which electrical energy is used to cause a non-spontaneous
In a spontaneous reaction standard emf of a reaction is positive; if the value if negative then it is non-spontaneous and external energy (electrical energy) is applied to carry out that reaction.
During electrolysis, cations are reduced at cathode and anions are oxidized at anode. And in aqueous solutions water itself may be oxidized and/or reduced depends on the nature of other species involved/ present.

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