Voltaic Cell

Real World Example

Imagine you're trying to get a group of friends to agree on a movie to watch, but everyone has different preferences. This situation is similar to a voltaic cell, where different elements are trying to reach a consensus to create energy. In both cases, just as the friends' differing opinions eventually lead them to compromise and choose a movie, the chemicals in a voltaic cell react spontaneously in a redox reaction, resulting in the flow of electrons that generates electrical energy. Here, your friends' preferences are like the chemical energy, and the final movie choice is like the electrical energy produced by the voltaic cell.