Scanning photoelectron spectromicroscopy: From static to operando studies of functional materials

M. Amati, Toma Susi, P. Jovičević-Klug, M. Jovičević-Klug, Tomasz Kosmala, Gaetano Granozzi, Stefano Agnoli, Pengfei Yang, Yanfeng Zhang, Mattia Scardamaglia, L. Gregoratti (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

The scanning photoelectron microscope (SPEM), developed more than 30 years ago, has undergone numerous technical developments, providing an incredibly vast kind of feasible sample environments, which span from the traditional high spatial resolution core level based chemical analysis to insitu and operando complex experiments, including also electrochemical setups and operational electronic devices at various temperatures. Another important step ahead is overcoming the so-called pressure gap for operando studies, recently extended to near ambient values by building special environmental cells. Using recent results of conventional and unconventional experiments, obtained with SPEM at the ESCA Microscopy beamline at Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste the present review demonstrates the current potential of this type of photoelectron spectromicroscopy to explore the interfacial properties of functional materials with high spatial resolution.
Original languageEnglish
Article number147336
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
Volume265
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2023

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103018 Materials physics
  • 104026 Spectroscopy

Keywords

  • Deep cryogenic treatment
  • Graphene
  • Scanning photoelectron spectromicroscopy
  • Surface science
  • Transition metal chalcogenides

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