Capacitor in a circuit with a voltage:
Capacitor in series with a battery:
Polarized capacitor in series with a battery:
Edit and compile if you like:
% Author: Izaak Neutelings (Februari, 2020)% http://texample.net/tikz/examples/tag/circuitikz/% http://texample.net/tikz/examples/circuitikz/% https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/CircuiTikz_package% http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/circuitikz/circuitikzmanual.pdf% http://repositorios.cpai.unb.br/ctan/graphics/pgf/contrib/circuitikz/circuitikzmanual.pdf\documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone}\usepackage{amsmath} % for \dfrac\usepackage{physics}\usepackage{tikz,pgfplots}\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz} %[symbols]\usepackage{xcolor}\tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head\colorlet{Icol}{blue!50!black}\colorlet{Ccol}{orange!90!black}\colorlet{pluscol}{red!60!black}\colorlet{minuscol}{blue!60!black}%\tikzstyle{charged}=[top color=blue!20,bottom color=blue!40,shading angle=10]\tikzstyle{thick C}=[C,thick,color=Ccol,Ccol,l=$C$]\tikzstyle{mybattery}=[battery1,l=$\Delta V$,invert]\begin{document}% CAPACITOR without battery\begin{tikzpicture}\draw (0,2) to [short,*-] (3,2) to[thick C] (3,0) to [short,-*] (0,0);\node[below left] at (0,2) {$+$};\node[above left] at (0,0) {$-$};\node at (0,1) {$\Delta V$};\end{tikzpicture}% CAPACITOR with battery\begin{tikzpicture}\draw (0,0) to[mybattery] (0,2) -- (3,2)to[thick C] (3,0) -- (0,0);\node at (-0.35,0.7) {$-$};\node at (-0.35,1.4) {$+$};\node at (3.3,0.65) {$-$};
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