“…It was reported by many researchers that the BTA -ion can adsorb onto the Cu surface to form an irreversible compact polymer film of [Cu(BTA)] n , which increases the inhibition efficiency dramatically in a certain potential region in aqueous solutions. [8,9,12,[35][36][37] Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the observed surface Raman spectrum at 0.2 V comprised contributions from this irreversible polymer film attached to the Cu surface in a wide potential range, that is, the BTAH was adsorbed on the surface by the coordination of N atoms with Cu atoms. In the extremely positive potential region, the signal of the film decreased remarkably.…”