The use and misuse of curve fitting in the analysis of core X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopic data

PMA Sherwood - Surface and Interface Analysis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) data often contain overlapping chemically
shifted peaks that differ in their width, peak shape, and intensity. The spectra may be …

[HTML][HTML] XPS spectra curve fittings of Ti3C2Tx based on first principles thinking

LÅ Näslund, I Persson - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
MXenes are an interesting family of 2D materials that have the potential to meet challenges
in many applications. A useful tool in the work of understanding the nature of the MXenes, as …

Introductory guide to backgrounds in XPS spectra and their impact on determining peak intensities

MH Engelhard, DR Baer, A Herrera-Gomez… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Photoelectron and Auger peaks are central to most of the important uses of x-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and thus, they receive the most attention in many types of …

Detailed peak fitting analysis of the Ni 2p photoemission spectrum for metallic nickel and an initial oxidation

DM Guzman-Bucio, G Gomez-Sosa… - Journal of Electron …, 2023 - Elsevier
A quantitative study of the surface composition of clean metallic and partially oxidized nickel
exposed to oxygen was carried out employing X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). By …

Double Lorentzian lineshape for asymmetric peaks in photoelectron spectroscopy

A Herrera-Gomez, DM Guzman-Bucio… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper addresses the challenges of fitting asymmetric photoelectron peaks by showing
that the use of the double Lorentzian (DL) line shape usually leads to high-quality, reliable …

Interface Modification Enabled by Atomic Layer Deposited Ultra‐Thin Titanium Oxide for High‐Efficiency and Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells

L Duan, B Sang, M He, Y Zhang, MA Hossain… - Solar …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are considered to have reached a second golden age with
profoundly improved power conversion efficiency (PCE) and device stability in recent years …

Charge transfer effects and O2-vacancies in pure CuO nanofibers and enriched with 3.0% Mn

M Piñon-Espitia, D Lardizabal-Gutierrez… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research shows the relationship between oxygen vacancies and the charge transfer
effects generated from the synthesis process using the electrospinning method in an …

One-step conversion of lignin-derived alkylphenols to light arenes by co-breaking of C–O and C–C bonds

Z Qiu, Y Wang, Y Di, X Ren, W Liu, Z Li… - New Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion of lignin-derived alkylphenols to light arenes by a one-step reaction is still a
challenge. A 'shortcut'route to transform alkylphenols via the co-breaking of C–O and C–C …

Solution-Processed Bilayered ZnO Electron Transport Layer for Efficient Inverted Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

WB Tarique, MH Rahaman, SS Dipta, AH Howlader… - …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are becoming increasingly popular in the scientific community
because of their many desirable properties. These features include solution processability …

A self‐consistent multiple‐peak structure of the photoemission spectra of metallic Fe 2p as a function of film thickness

A Herrera‐Gomez, O Cortazar‐Martínez… - Surface and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Fe 2p spectrum has a very complex peak structure and a very strong background.
Based on the comparison of the spectra for iron film with varying thicknesses, an …