Photoelectron spectroscopy of ceria: Reduction, quantification and the myth of the vacancy peak in XPS analysis

Morgan, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-5731 2023. Photoelectron spectroscopy of ceria: Reduction, quantification and the myth of the vacancy peak in XPS analysis. Surface and Interface Analysis 55 (11) , pp. 845-850. 10.1002/sia.7254

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Abstract

Primarily due to its inherent redox chemistry, ceria (CeO2) is of use in many diverse areas of research. However, there is a wealth of misinterpretation of the oxygen spectra when discussing the result of damage or reduction to the CeO2 lattice, especially with regard to a signal in this region attributed to oxygen vacancies. In this paper, it is shown that this peak cannot be due to vacancies and that a better understanding of the changes in stoichiometry of CeO2 is best viewed from that of the Ce(III) component when considered in tandem with the O 1s signal.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Research Institutes & Centres > Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) Schools > Chemistry
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0142-2421
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 September 2023
Date of Acceptance:	17 August 2023
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2023 12:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/162262

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