Theory Review the theory section in Sawyer / Heine man / Beebe , Chemistry Experiments for Instrumental Methods , pp , 80-84 ( 1984 ) . Cyclic voltammetry ( CV ) may be the most versatile electrochemical technique for the study of the electrochemical active species . Its versatility results in extensive use in the fields of electrochemistry , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , and biochemistry . The effectiveness of CV results from its capacity for rapid observing of the redox behavior over a wide potential range , which is analogous to conventional spectra in that it conveys information as a function of energy scan .