were prepared through reported electropolymerization methods2 (link),24 (link),28 (link) on a PARSTAT MC 2000 potentiostat
with an auxiliary electrometer (Princeton Applied Research) in a three-electrode
configuration. The working, counter, and reference electrodes were
carbon fiber cloth (ElectroChem Inc.), a platinum wire (BASi), and
Ag/AgCl (3 M NaCl), respectively. For PPy(AOT), the electropolymerization
bath contained 0.3 M pyrrole (Millipore Sigma), 0.3 mg mL–1 bipyrrole (Toronto Research Chemicals), and 0.1 M sodium dioctyl
sulfosuccinate (Millipore Sigma).24 (link) A constant
current density of 2.5 mA cm–2 was applied for 5
min to yield a polymer loading of 2.85 ± 0.08 mg cm–2.24 (link) For PVF–PPy, the bath contained
2 mg mL–1 PVF (molecular weight 50 000 g
mol–1, Polysciences), 0.2 M pyrrole, and 0.1 M tetrabutylammonia
perchlorate (Millipore Sigma) in chloroform.24 (link) A constant current potential of 0.7 V was applied for 10 min to
yield a polymer loading of 5.68 ± 0.47 mg cm–2. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements were done in 0.1 M potassium
chloride (KCl) aqueous solution.