Editing Electrode (section)

=== Anode ===
'Anode' was coined by [[William Whewell]] at [[Michael Faraday]]'s request, derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ἄνο (ano), 'upwards' and ὁδός (hodós), 'a way'.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ross |first=S. |title=Faraday consults the scholars: the origins of the terms of electrochemistry |journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London |date=30 November 1961 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=187–220 |doi=10.1098/rsnr.1961.0038|s2cid=145600326 }}</ref> The anode is the electrode through which the [[conventional current]] enters from the electrical circuit of an [[electrochemical cell]] (battery) into the non-[[metal]]lic cell. The [[electron]]s then flow to the other side of the battery. [[Benjamin Franklin]] surmised that the electrical flow moved from positive to negative.<ref>Conventional Current Flow and Electron Flow. (2021, September 12). Mohawk Valley Community College. https://eng.libretexts.org/@go/page/25106</ref> The electrons flow away from the anode and the conventional current towards it. From both can be concluded that the electric potential of the anode is negative. The electron entering the anode comes from the [[Redox|oxidation]] reaction that takes place next to it.