X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: Towards reliable binding energy referencing

• Published in: Progress in materials science Vol. 107; p. 1
• Main Authors: Greczynski, G, Hultman, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier BV 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Best practice; Binding energy; Calibration; Carbon; Chemical bonds; Materials science; Organic chemistry; Photoelectrons; Referencing; Spectrum analysis; Trustworthiness; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy; XPS; Adventitious carbon; C 1s peak; Binding energy reference; Surface chemistry
• ISSN: 0079-6425; 1873-2208; 1873-2208
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100591

With more than 9000 papers published annually, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is an indispensable technique in modern surface and materials science for the determination of chemical bonding. The accuracy of chemical-state determination relies, however, on a trustworthy calibration of the bin...