Bad XPS in Literature

Article written by

Mark Isaacs

Complementary Techniques
- Ion Scattering Spectroscopy (ISS) / Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS)
- Angle Resolved XPS (ARXPS)

What do we mean by 'bad XPS in literature'?

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How can we avoid making the same mistakes?

What resources are there to help me with my XPS fitting?

Energies listed are Kinetic Energies!

F KLL: ~ 640 eV

All the data in this section has been generated by HarwellXPS and purposely fit incorrectly. The incorrect fittings, however, are all recreations from real, published literature. In the interest of not wishing to highlight specific individuals mistakes – we have not included the references or any real data in this section.