Compromising Science by Ignorant Instrument Calibration-Need to Revisit Half a Century of Published XPS Data.

C 1s peak XPS binding energy chemical state referencing

Journal

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
ISSN: 1521-3773
Titre abrégé: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0370543

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 Mar 2020
Historique:
received: 13 12 2019
revised: 21 01 2020
pubmed: 25 1 2020
medline: 25 1 2020
entrez: 25 1 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is an indispensable technique in modern materials science for the determination of chemical bonding as evidenced by more than 10 000 XPS papers published annually. A literature survey reveals that in the vast majority of cases an incorrect referencing of the binding energy scale is used, neglecting warnings that have been formulated from the early days of the technique. Consequences for the data reliability are disastrous and decades of XPS work require revisiting. The purpose of this Viewpoint is to highlight the existing problems, review the criticism and suggest ways forward.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31975485
doi: 10.1002/anie.201916000
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

5002-5006

Subventions

Organisme : Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
ID : KAW2016.0358
Organisme : VINNOVA
ID : 2016-05156
Organisme : Vetenskapsrådet
ID : 2018-03957
Organisme : Carl Tryggers Stiftelse för Vetenskaplig Forskning
ID : CTS 17:166
Organisme : ÅForsk
ID : 16-359

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Auteurs

Grzegorz Greczynski (G)

Thin Film Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, 581 83, Linköping, Sweden.

Lars Hultman (L)

Thin Film Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, 581 83, Linköping, Sweden.

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