Introduction to x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

FA Stevie, CL Donley - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has become one of the most widely used surface
analysis techniques, and XPS instrumentation has become more user friendly, making the …

Hydrogen and its detection in fusion and fission nuclear materials–a review

CN Taylor - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Fusion and fission reactions are profoundly dependent on hydrogen for sustained reactions.
Fusion is fueled by the isotopes of hydrogen, and predominantly hydrogen-based …

Characterization of nano-to-micron sized respirable coal dust: Particle surface alteration and the health impact

R Zhang, S Liu, S Zheng - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemical and physical properties of coal dust particles significantly influence the inhalation
of respirable coal dust by miners, causing several lung diseases such as coal workers' …

Revealing the Role of CO during CO2 Hydrogenation on Cu Surfaces with In Situ Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy

JEN Swallow, ES Jones, AR Head… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The reactions of H2, CO2, and CO gas mixtures on the surface of Cu at 200° C, relevant for
industrial methanol synthesis, are investigated using a combination of ambient pressure X …

[HTML][HTML] Avoiding common errors in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data collection and analysis, and properly reporting instrument parameters

JW Pinder, GH Major, DR Baer, J Terry… - Applied Surface Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite numerous tutorials and standards written to the technical community on X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), difficulties with data acquisition, analysis, and reporting …

State of the surface during CO hydrogenation over Ni (111) and Ni (211) probed by operando X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

D Degerman, P Lömker, CM Goodwin… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The state of the surface near-region during CO hydrogenation of Ni (111) and Ni (211)
single crystal surfaces was investigated using various gas mixtures between 150 and 500 …

[PDF][PDF] Upgrade of the SPECIES beamline at the MAX IV Laboratory

E Kokkonen, F Lopes da Silva, MH Mikkelã… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.iucr.org
The SPECIES beamline has been transferred to the new 1.5 GeV storage ring at the MAX IV
Laboratory. Several improvements have been made to the beamline and its endstations …

New challenges associated with hard X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (report on the 2023 ASTM E42‐ASSD AVS workshop)

A Herrera‐Gomez, DJH Cant, T Conard… - Surface and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to traditional X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), hard X‐ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (HAXPES) can provide information from deeper within a sample while …

Photoemission spectroscopy of battery materials

C Ding, P Ji, T Li, T Guo, Z Xu, T Kim, H Zhang… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Recognized by the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, rechargeable lithium-ion battery (LIB)
has become a world-revolutionary technology. Further developments of LIB-based and …

Hydrogen absorption and diffusion behaviors in cube-shaped palladium nanoparticles revealed by ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

J Tang, O Seo, DSR Rocabado, T Koitaya… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
The hydrogen absorption and diffusion processes in cube-shaped palladium (Pd)
nanoparticles (NPs) were studied by the combination of ambient-pressure X-ray …