Patent ID: 7754063

Claim:
A method of increasing the electrically effective surface area of an electrode, the method comprising: connecting a metal electrode to a positive terminal in an electrolytic chamber having negative terminal and a power supply capable of delivering a constant amperage; adding to the chamber a volume of an electrolytic bath so that the electrode is submerged therein, the electrolytic bath consisting essentially of distilled water, a soluble concentration of pyrrole, 98%, a soluble concentration of p-toluene-sulfonate, 95%, and mercapto-ethane-sulfonic acid in approximately one tenth the concentration of pyrrole and p-toluene-sulfonate; and coating the electrode with an electrically conductive layer of polymerized pyrrole by energizing the power supply to pass through the electrolytic bath a current of approximately 1 μAmp for a time sufficient to effect deposition of polymerized pyrrole on the electrode.