By usn electrochecal prncples, electrcal enery s converted nto the checal enery of desrable aterals.
Nature can convert checals nto electrcty n ways that we reret: corroson s an exaple of ths unwelcoe converson.
Electrodes are the places where chestry converts to electrcty, or vce versa. A typcal electrode s the surface of a pece of etal n contact wth a soluton of salts and other checals dssolved n water.