Chemical and biosensors based on chemically modified electrodes, particularly polymer modified electrodes, have become an important field of study. [1][2][3] A modification of the electrode surface greatly improves the chemical, optical and electrical characteristics, leading to many applications as chemical sensors, electrochromic devices, electronic devices and energy storage as well as corrosion protection. 4 [Os(bpy)2(PVI)10Cl]Cl and [Os(bpy)2(PVP)10Cl]Cl, where bpy is 2,2′-bipyridyl, PVI is poly(N-vinylimidazole), and PVP is poly(4-vinylpyridine), are two typical electron transfer mediators with a near-ideal electrochemical behavior, 5 which have been extensively used for the preparation of electrochemical enzyme sensors. [6][7][8][9][10][11] Modified electrodes based on these polymers show high electrochemical activity and can catalyze those reactions that are difficult for direct electron transfer, such as the electrochemical oxidations of epinephrine and dopamine, 6 ascorbic acid 7 and glucose. 8 After further crosslinking with enzymes, these modified electrodes have been designed for the determination of enzyme activity or their substrates 9,10 and as immunosensors. 11 However, the electrochemical behaviors of these metallopolymers are dependent on many factors, including the pH of the supporting electrolyte, electrolyte species, and solvent. Some of their influences, such as electrolyte species and solvents have been extensively reported by Vos, Forster and Hillman. [1][2][3][12][13][14][15] Vos and Forster studied the effects of the Cl -and ClO4 -concentrations and the time scale of electrochemical methods on the homogeneous and heterogeneous charge transfer dynamics of Os-PVPn (n = 1 -25) 12 and the difference of SO4 2-and ClO4 -at Os-PVP10. 13 In order to better understand and exert greater control over the transport properties of the electroactive polymers, the present work further compared the electrochemical behaviors of Os-PVP10 and Os-PVI10 modified electrodes under the same solution environments, and exhaustively studied the effects of the pH, electrolyte cations and anions on these properties by using cyclic voltammetry.The film structure has a profound effect on the properties of polymer modified electrodes, because it influences both the transport rate of mobile species through a film and the local environment within which it undergoes a mediated charge transfer reaction with polymer-bond redox sites. 15 As generally accepted, the charge transport in such redox polymers undergoes an electron hopping or self-exchange process, accompanying the motion of charge-compensating counterions, solvent and polymer chain segments. The charge transport rate through the film depends on these factors. 16 Because highredox site concentration results in a fast-electron self-exchange rate, the charge transport within the redox polymer modified electrodes is rapid. 17,18 On the other hand, the charge transport is related to the motion of counterions in polymer film for the requirement of electroneutrality. In...