Here is my hypothesis. I was imagining a charged lithium ion cell in series with another (please watch those video to understand my lithium ion batter references: https://youtu.be/VxMM4g2Sk8U) . When the circuit is complete, I imagine electrons move from the graphite layer into the metal foil carrier up to the cathode from there they go thru a wire to the other cell’s anode and (scenario 1) either stay in the lithium oxide complex somewhere just sitting there kinda or (scenario 2) move over through the second cell’s electrolyte layer to the it’s graphite layer where it stays along with the electrons that were already there prior so now more electrons ready to jump through cathode of second cell. While in the first cell because it’s electrons already left, the lithium ions are free from the graphite complex and would move towards the electrolyte layer to the lithium oxide complex layer under the anode of first cell. Now there would be a large positive charge here due to the positive lithium ion build up in first cells anode and larger negative charge second cells cathode so if a wire was connected between those 2 to complete that circuit as I mentioned earlier then there would be a greater potential aka a greater voltage. Now all that was the second scenario. Let’s talk about the first one from earlier I put in parenthesis as well. So after the electrons just kind of chill in the lithium oxide structure in cell 2. the electrons on the other side of electrolyte layer in cell 2 will move through cathode through wire over to the first cell’s anode where the electrons settle in the first cell’s lithium oxide structure. Since cell 1 lost its electrons as mentioned in the beginning it now has electrons in the oxide structure and positive ions in the graphite structure and those electrons which were lost by cell 1 that are now in cell 2 are in cell 2’s oxide structure. So now I’m an overvie overview of scenario 1, we have electrons in the oxide structures of both cells and ions in the graphite structures of both cells. 662
From there the ions will go through the electrolyte layers in both cells and absorb the electrons sitting there and bond covalently within the oxide structure. So now there is a potential created by the “wanting” of this reaction to happen, getting the electrons to a stable place and the overall system to stability. With one cell it’s just the potential of trying to move one set of electrons to the oxide structure and bond up and all that but with 2 cells, the potential is now the combination of both cells to get both sets of electrons in each to make that move to stability and bond up. In this explanation I break things into step like when I say the electron first go here and sort of wait there but in truth they are always moving in fluid motion and not in that choppy manner. I just say it that way to simplify it into more easily comprehensible steps. So in the second scenario when I say the electrons in cell 2 just kind of ‘move to the graphite structure and pile up with the other electrons, I mean it more like the electrons initially there already started moving through the cathode into cell 2 through a power consuming utility (if there is one, if not then just back into the other batter ( it’s gonna heat up and short circuit then but meh)) and the electrons that just came from cell 2 are in pursuit of those cell 1 electrons that just left back to cell 2 because they are heading to a large positive charge. Also in scenario 1 I don’t identify a direct charge difference in the end that causes voltage like in scenario 2 (for this reason I favor 2) but I rather say it like the whole over system’s reaction including all it’s aspects and steps that cause the potential (voltage). To simplify It’s like the electron is thinking, “oh ok I see if I do that and go there and do all those thing I finally reach a position of rest” like the electron can see the future and know how to go, so a potential is created because the electrons can go from a high energy state to a lower one. I used voltage and potential interchangeably, sorry lol. I am just a high school kid so an amateur. I just want to know if this theory even slightly makes sense. 662